From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: Fw: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9822] New: mdacon messing up console on hw w/o MDA adapter Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:29:48 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <20080126222433.e1c662d5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net 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 1JJ3pv-0002CB-I8 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:29:59 -0800 Received: from ananke.telenet-ops.be ([195.130.137.78]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1JJ3pr-000473-6F for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:29:56 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20080126222433.e1c662d5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> 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: Andrew Morton , Linux Frame Buffer Device Development On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Andrew Morton wrote: > Begin forwarded message: > > Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:00:42 -0800 (PST) > From: bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org > To: bugme-new@lists.osdl.org > Subject: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9822] New: mdacon messing up console on hw w/o MDA adapter > > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9822 > > Summary: mdacon messing up console on hw w/o MDA adapter > Product: Drivers > Version: 2.5 > KernelVersion: 2.6.24 and before > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: low > Priority: P1 > Component: Console/Framebuffers > AssignedTo: jsimmons@infradead.org > ReportedBy: devzero@web.de > > > Latest working kernel version: didn`t try before > Earliest failing kernel version: don`t know, but may exist for a long time > Distribution: openSuSE > Hardware Environment: various (e.g. FSC Scenic T 1Ghz i815 PC, FSC Lifebook, > VMware Workstation) > Software Environment: - > > Problem Description: > loading mdacon on a system without MDA adapter screws up the console window. i > cannot use it afterwards. i would have expected some "no mda adapter found" and > a clean exit afterwards. > > Steps to reproduce: > modprobe mdacon > > also see: > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120082731013963&w=2 > http://uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0203.3/0524.html > > > same issue with cfag12864bfb. behaviour is a little bit different, but console > is also unusable afterwards. Cfag12864bfb uses a plain platform device, which doesn't seem to do any checking for the presence of the appropriate hardware. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/