Re: Re: 2.6.12-rc1-mm2 -- nvidiafb driver gives black screen

[Miles Lane <miles.lane@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:02:38 -0800, Randy.Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org> wrote:
> Miles Lane wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:12:49 -0800, Randy.Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org> wrote:
> >
> > By the why, I don't know why Andrew got dropped from my previous message list.
> > Also, I thought you were asking these questions of the fbdev and
> > vidiafb developers.
> >
> >
> >>I guess that there is some chance that the io_remap_pfn* patches
> >>are involved with this.
> >
> >
> > I am a tester, so I don't have knowledge about this.
> 
> Sure, it wasn't a question.  :)
> 
> >
> >>Is there some way to determine exactly which
> >>io remap kernel calls are involved in "nvidiafb: cannot ioremap FB
> >>base" ?
> >
> >
> > I don't know.  Someone who does, please tell me.  If someone
> > will tell me how, I'll be happy to gather the information.
>  >
> >
> >>Is that in the exposed source code?
> >
> >
> > I have no idea.  How would I find out?
> >
> >>If so, where is that source code?
> >
> >
> > I have no clue.
> 
> Where did you get the nvidia wrapper?
> Where can I find it?

Perhaps you are thinking I am using the NVidia binary driver?
This is not the case.  nvidiafb is a recently added framebuffer
driver (IIRC, first showing up in 2.6.12-rc1-mm2).  I believe
khali@linux-fr.org is the author.  I have reproduced this 
problem with both mm2 and mm3.

Do you need my .config file?

> Where did you get the nvidia binary blob?

If you had my .config file, couldn't you build the driver into
the kernel, as I have?  I don't know what a driver blob is.
I haven't built the driver as a module.

> Where can I get it?

Build it?

> >>If not, can we determine from the binary which calls
> >>are being made?
> >
> >
> > Uhhh.  I have delivered the Oops info and a bunch of other
> > information.  I have given you whatever I thought might be helpful.  I
> > need guidance here.
> 
> Sure, but the part that I really need to see is likely partially
> hidden in some binary blob.  We'll see.

Blob? Well, I have some i2c built as modules.

> > Your humble tester (remember me from the early USB days?),
> 
> Sure I do.  :)
> I'll make a patch, probably tonight Pacific time.

Great!
      Miles


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