linux-kernel - Re: cirrusdrmfb broken with simplefb

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Message-ID: <20131219000346.0f722b65@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk>
Date:	Thu, 19 Dec 2013 00:03:46 +0000
From:	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...il.com>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	"linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: cirrusdrmfb broken with simplefb

> > That bug always existed, simplefb is just the first driver to hit it 
> > (vesafb/efifb didn't use resources). I'm aware of the issue but as a 
> > workaround you can simply disable CONFIG_X86_SYSFB. That restores 
> > the old behavior.
> 
> This looks like a regression, so we'll either need a fix or we'll have 
> to mark CONFIG_X86_SYSFB as CONFIG_BROKEN.

Kernel bugzilla has entries for simplefb breaking both vesafb and matrox
mga.


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