From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3rTRrx5qSPzDqZf for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2016 21:15:29 +1000 (AEST) Message-ID: <1465902911.30200.6.camel@kernel.crashing.org> Subject: Re: Rational for having CONFIG_FB_RADEON=m From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Michael Ellerman , Mathieu Malaterre , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 21:15:11 +1000 In-Reply-To: <1465874771.18900.4.camel@ellerman.id.au> References: <1465874771.18900.4.camel@ellerman.id.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, 2016-06-14 at 13:26 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote: > On Mon, 2016-06-13 at 17:46 +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > > > 2. Try to fix `radeonfb` so that it is able to kick offb out of the > > way. Eg: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2010-Augu > > st/002907.html > > > > From my understanding it would make sense to go for (2), since it > > would allow for proper support for CONFIG_FB_RADEON=m on PowerMac. > > In > > this case, would such patch be accepted ? > > Sounds like the right fix to me. Ben's patch above was merged, so > it's supposed > to kick out offb AFAICS, the fact that it can't seems like a Make sure you have CONFIG_VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING=y Ben. > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-dev mailing list > Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org > https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev