linux-kernel - Re: commit b1ee26b "radeonfb: accelerate imageblit and other improvements" freezes system on switching from X to text console

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Message-ID: <20081125231344.GA5190@soziologie.ch>
Date:	Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:13:44 +0100
From:	Gaudenz Steinlin <gaudenz@...iologie.ch>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: commit b1ee26b "radeonfb: accelerate imageblit and other
	improvements" freezes system on switching from X to text console

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 08:44:57PM +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
> Hi Ben
> 
> The changes in the commit mentioned in the subject freeze my system when
> changing from X to a text console. The system freezes with a garbled
> display. Reverting this commit fixes the problem.
> 
> The freeze only happens if DRI is enabled in X. It also does not happen
> if I simply switch between different text consoles. 
> 

OK, I searched a bit more and found
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11875 which is possibly
related. I also found the patch Ben proposed to fix this at
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/11/10/12. Unfortunately this patch did not fix
my problem. 

Gaudenz

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