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Subject: Re: Blank screen on boot of Linux 6.5 and later on Lenovo ThinkPad
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To:     Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org>,
        Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@leemhuis.info>
Cc:     Evan Preston <x.arch@epreston.net>,
        Linux regressions mailing list <regressions@lists.linux.dev>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>,
        Linux DRI Development <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>,
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        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
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On 25.10.23 16:23, Huacai Chen wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 6:08 PM Thorsten Leemhuis
> <regressions@leemhuis.info> wrote:
>>
>> Javier, Dave, Sima,
>>
>> On 23.10.23 00:54, Evan Preston wrote:
>>> On 2023-10-20 Fri 05:48pm, Huacai Chen wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 5:35 PM Linux regression tracking (Thorsten
>>>> Leemhuis) <regressions@leemhuis.info> wrote:
>>>>> On 09.10.23 10:54, Huacai Chen wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 4:45 PM Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 09:27:02AM +0800, Huacai Chen wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 10:31 PM Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 7:15 PM Linux regression tracking (Thorsten
>>>>>>>>> Leemhuis) <regressions@leemhuis.info> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 13.09.23 14:02, Jaak Ristioja wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Upgrading to Linux 6.5 on a Lenovo ThinkPad L570 (Integrated Intel HD
>>>>>>>>>>> Graphics 620 (rev 02), Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U) results in a blank
>>>>>>>>>>> screen after boot until the display manager starts... if it does start
>>>>>>>>>>> at all. Using the nomodeset kernel parameter seems to be a workaround.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I've bisected this to commit 60aebc9559492cea6a9625f514a8041717e3a2e4
>>>>>>>>>>> ("drivers/firmware: Move sysfb_init() from device_initcall to
>>>>>>>>>>> subsys_initcall_sync").
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As confirmed by Jaak, disabling DRM_SIMPLEDRM makes things work fine
>>>>>>>> again. So I guess the reason:
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, this to me still looks a lot (please correct me if I'm wrong) like
>>>>> regression that should be fixed, as DRM_SIMPLEDRM was enabled beforehand
>>>>> if I understood things correctly. Or is there a proper fix for this
>>>>> already in the works and I just missed this? Or is there some good
>>>>> reason why this won't/can't be fixed?
>>>>
>>>> DRM_SIMPLEDRM was enabled but it didn't work at all because there was
>>>> no corresponding platform device. Now DRM_SIMPLEDRM works but it has a
>>>> blank screen. Of course it is valuable to investigate further about
>>>> DRM_SIMPLEDRM on Jaak's machine, but that needs Jaak's effort because
>>>> I don't have a same machine.
>>
>> Side note: Huacai, have you tried working with Jaak to get down to the
>> real problem? Evan, might you be able to help out here?
> No, Jaak has no response after he 'fixed' his problem by disabling SIMPLEDRM.
> 

I'm sorry, what was it exactly you want me to do? Please be mindful that 
I'm not familiar with the internals of the Linux kernel and DRI, and it 
might sometimes take weeks before I have time to work and respond on this.

Jaak

>>
>> But I write this mail for a different reason:
>>
>>> I am having the same issue on a Lenovo Thinkpad P70 (Intel
>>> Corporation HD Graphics 530 (rev 06), Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ).
>>> Upgrading from Linux 6.4.12 to 6.5 and later results in only a blank
>>> screen after boot and a rapidly flashing device-access-status
>>> indicator.
>>
>> This additional report makes me wonder if we should revert the culprit
>> (60aebc9559492c ("drivers/firmware: Move sysfb_init() from
>> device_initcall to subsys_initcall_sync") [v6.5-rc1]). But I guess that
>> might lead to regressions for some users? But the patch description says
>> that this is not a common configuration, so can we maybe get away with that?
>  From my point of view, this is not a regression, 60aebc9559492c
> doesn't cause a problem, but exposes a problem. So we need to fix the
> real problem (SIMPLEDRM has a blank screen on some conditions). This
> needs Jaak or Evan's help.
> 
> Huacai
>>
>> Ciao, Thorsten (wearing his 'the Linux kernel's regression tracker' hat)
>> --
>> Everything you wanna know about Linux kernel regression tracking:
>> https://linux-regtracking.leemhuis.info/about/#tldr
>> If I did something stupid, please tell me, as explained on that page.
>>
>>>>>>>> When SIMPLEDRM takes over the framebuffer, the screen is blank (don't
>>>>>>>> know why). And before 60aebc9559492cea6a9625f ("drivers/firmware: Move
>>>>>>>> sysfb_init() from device_initcall to subsys_initcall_sync") there is
>>>>>>>> no platform device created for SIMPLEDRM at early stage, so it seems
>>>>>>>> also "no problem".
>>>>>>> I don't understand above. You mean that after that commit the platform
>>>>>>> device is also none, right?
>>>>>> No. The SIMPLEDRM driver needs a platform device to work, and that
>>>>>> commit makes the platform device created earlier. So, before that
>>>>>> commit, SIMPLEDRM doesn't work, but the screen isn't blank; after that
>>>>>> commit, SIMPLEDRM works, but the screen is blank.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Huacai
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Confused...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>
>>>