From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rene Herman Subject: Re: Framebuffer drivers that break the boot on systemswithout the hardware Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:49:07 +0200 Message-ID: <489F6253.3010703@keyaccess.nl> References: <489DFACC.6030009@keyaccess.nl> <200808092319.43139.elendil@planet.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KSImV-0005xx-RE for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:48:55 -0700 Received: from smtpq2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl ([213.51.146.201]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1KSImT-00074l-9F for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:48:55 -0700 In-Reply-To: <200808092319.43139.elendil@planet.nl> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Frans Pop Cc: akpm@osdl.org, mingo@elte.hu, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, adaplas@gmail.com On 09-08-08 23:19, Frans Pop wrote: > Rene Herman wrote: >> Ingo Molnar posted a list of drivers he found to break the boot during >> testing of randconfig kernels and among them are a number of FB drivers: >> >> FB_VESA > > This one is set to "y" in the kernel configs for the generic Debian > kernels for i386 and x86_64 and is used by default for the graphical > version of the Debian Installer, so I'd be very surprised if it broke > very many systems... > AFAIK it is only actually enabled if the 'vga=' boot parameter is passed. > > Ingo's mail also lists FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE which again is set to "y" in > Debian's standard kernel configs for x86 (and probably most other > arches). Okay. MDA_CONSOLE was also in there impying RAM at 0xb0000 which might indicate a gun/foot situation here... >> (and FB_VIRTUAL) > > This one should be fixed with 2.6.27-rc1. The commit that fixes it is: > commit b604838ac6d233fd6bffc0e758a818133a01ff22 > Author: Frans Pop > Date: Wed Jul 23 21:31:26 2008 -0700 > vfb: only enable if explicitly requested when compiled in Ah, thanks. Rene. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/