linux-kernel - Re: cirrusdrmfb broken with simplefb

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Message-ID: <20131219123137.GC18110@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Dec 2013 13:31:37 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...il.com>
Cc:	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	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


* David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...il.com> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:03 AM, One Thousand Gnomes
> <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> >> > 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.
> 
> Thanks for the hints. I've read through all I could find and tried 
> to provide some help.
> 
> I'm kind of confused, most of them enable CONFIG_X86_SYSFB (which is 
> 'n' by default) but don't read the help text. I did my best to tell 
> people that this option requires CONFIG_FB_SIMPLE, but if you don't 
> read the help-text you won't notice that. Don't know what to do 
> about that..

People generally don't read the help text - still the kernel should 
not break. So please the Kconfig angle (and the bootup logic, etc.) 
fool-proof, graphics failures are not fun to debug!

Thanks,

	Ingo
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