Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261636AbVBOGGL (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Feb 2005 01:06:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261637AbVBOGGK (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Feb 2005 01:06:10 -0500 Received: from waste.org ([216.27.176.166]:17857 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261636AbVBOGGG (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Feb 2005 01:06:06 -0500 Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:06:01 -0800 From: Matt Mackall To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: linux-kernel , adaplas@pol.net Subject: Re: Radeon FB troubles with recent kernels Message-ID: <20050215060601.GS15058@waste.org> References: <20050214203902.GH15058@waste.org> <1108420723.12740.17.camel@gaston> <1108422492.12653.30.camel@gaston> <20050215002025.GQ15058@waste.org> <1108429654.12739.60.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1108429654.12739.60.camel@gaston> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1345 Lines: 32 On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 12:07:34PM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > Nope. No printk outputs from _set_par, _write_mode, or _engine_init. > > > > Just to clarify: the gdm stop is done from tty1 while gdm is running > > on tty7, so I don't think it's a matter of mode switch logic. > > Ohhh, this is a known bug then. When you kill X while it's not on the > front VT, it will crap on the engine. This has always been the case, I > suppose that if you didn't notice it before, it 's because you are > lucky :) I think I noticed it in the course of testing recent fbdev and console code changes.. > > Also, I'm still seeing the LCD blooming + hang on starting radeonfb. > > It's something like 1 in 10 boots rather than every boot now though. > > Does it actually hangs ? That's weird... looks like a chip crash. Can > you check if that happens with radeonfb.default_dynclk=-1 on the kernel > command line ? Hard to say, it's rather a pain to reproduce. I can add that to my default boot and if it shows up again, I'll let you know. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - 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/