linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] fbcon locking fixes.

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:57:30 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
Cc:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	DRI mailing list <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Maarten Lankhorst <m.b.lankhorst@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [git pull] fbcon locking fixes.

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Okay I've just sent out another fbcon patch to fix the locking harder.
>
> There was a path going into set_con2fb_path if an fb driver was
> already registered, I just pushed the locking out further on anyone
> going in there.
>
> it boots on my EFI macbook here.

Ok, good. Sounds like we'll finally get it fixed, but I'm still too
much of a scaredy-cat to take it for now, so -next it is...

              Linus
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