linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/i915/sdvo: Reorder i2c initialisation before ddc proxy

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Date:	Tue, 17 May 2011 15:49:12 +0200
From:	Mihai Moldovan <ionic@...ic.de>
To:	Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/i915/sdvo: Reorder i2c initialisation before ddc
 proxy

* On 17.05.2011 03:03 PM, Chris Wilson wrote:
> The ddc proxy depends upon the underlying i2c bus being selected. Under
> certain configurations, the i2c-adapter functionality is queried during
> initialisation and so may trigger an OOPS during boot. Hence, we need to
> reorder the initialisation of the ddc proxy until after we hook up the i2c
> adapter for the SDVO device.
>
> Reported-by: Mihai Moldovan<ionic@...ic.de>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson<chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>

Wow, my machine is booting fine again, thanks!

Hope to see it included in 2.6.39. :)

Best regards,


Mihai



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