linux-kernel - Re: [Bug #11875] radeonfb lockup in .28-rc (bisected)

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Date:	Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:52:59 +1100
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	James Cloos <cloos@...loos.com>,
	Paul Collins <paul@...ly.ondioline.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Bug #11875] radeonfb lockup in .28-rc (bisected)

On Mon, 2008-11-10 at 21:39 +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org> writes:
> 
> > radeonfb: Fix accel problems with new imageblit hook
> >
> > Some radeon chips have issues with color expansion of pixmaps that
> > aren't a multiple of 32 pixels wide. This works around it the same
> > way X does by requesting the right pitch alignment from fbcon and
> > then using the chip scissors to do clipping to the requested size.
> 
> Unfortunately this does not fix the suspend regression on PowerBook6,7.
> Instead I have to use the workaround in
> <http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122515268301239&w=2>.

Strange. The suspend problem happens also when X hasn't been launched at all ?

Ben.


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