linux-kernel - Re: Kernel almost hangs when CONFIG_DRM

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Message-ID: <1314641813.2816.133.camel@twins>
Date:	Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:16:53 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>,
	Michel Dänzer <michel@...nzer.net>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, Pavel Ivanov <paivanof@...il.com>,
	Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@...il.com>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel almost hangs when CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=y

On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 20:09 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > That would suck, suppose this radeon thing is the only console you've
> > got (ppc64/sparc64 don't have text mode iirc) and userspace doesn't come
> > up?
> 
> Same is true for NICs and netconsole of course. Not being able to stick
> blobs into the kernel image would so suck. 

NICs and nfsroot, I suppose can you use an initrd over tftp as well, but
really, what's the point of an in-kernel nfsroot if you need initrd
crap.
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