From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [IPv6:2607:7c80:54:e::133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41WcyW1lCvzDqCH for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2018 01:15:14 +1000 (AEST) Subject: Re: Improvements for the PS3 To: Geert Uytterhoeven , noring@nocrew.org Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org References: <20180714164906.GQ23412@localhost.localdomain> <7d6362d7-da99-e57f-40ed-81c7a03ea1a4@infradead.org> From: Geoff Levand Message-ID: Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 08:15:12 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hi Geert, Fredrik, On 07/19/2018 12:45 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >> On 07/14/2018 09:49 AM, Fredrik Noring wrote: >>> >>> et voilà, the screen came alive and the kernel panic was revealed! It seems >>> the kernel panics so fast that the PS3 frame buffer is unprepared. This is, >>> of course, very unfortunate because trying to debug the boot process without >>> a screen or any other means of obtaining console text is quite difficult. >> > What about letting ps3fb register a panic notifier to sync the screen, like > hyperv_fb does? Seems like the thing to do. Fredrik, do you want to try it? Otherwise, I'll work on it when I have some time. -Geoff