Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754719AbaF3ITo (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2014 04:19:44 -0400 Received: from mail-ig0-f172.google.com ([209.85.213.172]:51804 "EHLO mail-ig0-f172.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754630AbaF3ITm (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2014 04:19:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20140630065955.GD7687@nuc-i3427.alporthouse.com> References: <1401980308-5116-1-git-send-email-daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> <1401980308-5116-5-git-send-email-daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> <1602327.OGkKxHtt2b@grover> <3945293.Jtp4nyZMfX@grover> <20140630065955.GD7687@nuc-i3427.alporthouse.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:19:41 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] drm/i915: Kick out vga console From: David Herrmann To: Chris Wilson , Ed Tomlinson , Daniel Vetter , Intel Graphics Development , DRI Development , LKML , David Herrmann , Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard , Tomi Valkeinen , "linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org" , Jani Nikula , Dave Airlie Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Chris Wilson wrote: > On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 11:55:19PM -0400, Ed Tomlinson wrote: >> On Saturday 28 June 2014 15:28:22 Ed Tomlinson wrote: >> >> Resend without html krud which causes list to bounce the message. >> >> > Hi >> > >> > This commit ( a4de05268e674e8ed31df6348269e22d6c6a1803 ) hangs my boot with 3.16-git. Reverting it lets the boot proceed. >> > >> > I have an i7 with a built-in i915 and an pcie r7 260x. The R7 is the primary console. The i915 is initialized >> > but does not have a physical display attached. >> > >> > With the patch applied the boot stops at the messages: >> > >> > [drm] Memory usable by graphics device = 2048M >> > [drm] Replacing VGA console driver > > The issue looks like that we are ripping out the radeon fb_con whilst it > is active and that upsets everyone. In which case, I think the > compromise is: do_take_over_console() should only touch console-drivers like fbcon. How does this affect the underlying fbdev device? Ripping out active or inactive fbcon should be just fine, shouldn't it? Given that this hard-locks at kick_out_vgacon(), this looks more like a dead-lock to me. Thanks David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/