Re: [PATCH] Revert "drivers/firmware: Move sysfb_init() from device_initcall to subsys_initcall_sync"

[Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>]

On Tue, 23 Jan 2024, Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jan 2024, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> wrote:
>> This reverts commit 60aebc9559492cea6a9625f514a8041717e3a2e4.
>>
>> Commit 60aebc9559492cea ("drivers/firmware: Move sysfb_init() from
>> device_initcall to subsys_initcall_sync") messes up initialization order
>> of the graphics drivers and leads to blank displays on some systems. So
>> revert the commit.
>>
>> To make the display drivers fully independent from initialization
>> order requires to track framebuffer memory by device and independently
>> from the loaded drivers. The kernel currently lacks the infrastructure
>> to do so.
>>
>> Reported-by: Jaak Ristioja <jaak@ristioja.ee>
>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/ZUnNi3q3yB3zZfTl@P70.localdomain/T/#t
>> Reported-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20231108024613.2898921-1-chenhuacai@loongson.cn/
>> Closes: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/-/issues/10133
>
> FWIW,
>
> Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
>
> but would be great to get a Tested-by from Jaak or from the gitlab issue
> reporter.

The revert works for the gitlab issue reporter.

BR,
Jani.



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Jani Nikula, Intel