linux-kernel - Re: dri /dev node disappeared with 2.6.29-rc1

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Message-ID: <20090118230428.GA18509@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at>
Date:	Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:04:28 +0100
From:	Norbert Preining <preining@...ic.at>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: dri /dev node disappeared with 2.6.29-rc1

(please cc)

On Do, 15 Jan 2009, preining wrote:
> switching from 2.6.28-rc9 to 2.6.29-rc1 my /dev/dri/* entries got lost.

Confirmed again with 2.6.29-rc2.

Anyone at least commenting on this post, my previous, or the post 
	[PATCH] drm/i915: why does kconfig hate?

There is something hosed here.

> Hardware is intel GM45:
> [    1.225368] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset
> [    1.230650] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 65532K stolen memory
> [    1.239716] PM: Adding info for No Bus:agpgart
> [    1.239844] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xd0000000
> [    1.240093] PM: Adding info for No Bus:tpm0
> [    1.564241] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
> 
> but X tells me:
> (II) intel(0): Kernel reported 1264128 total, 1 used
> (II) intel(0): I830CheckAvailableMemory: 5056508 kB available
> drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
> drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
> drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
> drmOpenDevice: Open failed
> drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
> drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
> drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
> drmOpenDevice: Open failed
> [drm] failed to load kernel module "i915"
> 
> ...
> 
> I see the post 
> 	[PATCH] drm/i915: why does kconfig hate?
> but using that patch I still get:
> 	drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig:8:error: found recursive dependency: DRM
> -> <choice> -> DRM_I915 -> FB -> FB_I810 -> AGP -> DRM
> 
> Any chance to fix that, or some suggestion?

Best wishes

Norbert

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Dr. Norbert Preining <preining@...ic.at>        Vienna University of Technology
Debian Developer <preining@...ian.org>                         Debian TeX Group
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