Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751551Ab0LLHwN (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Dec 2010 02:52:13 -0500 Received: from ksp.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.206]:51738 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751353Ab0LLHwL (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Dec 2010 02:52:11 -0500 Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 08:52:03 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Bruno =?iso-8859-1?Q?Pr=E9mont?= Cc: kernel list , dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, mbroemme@plusserver.de Subject: Re: intelfb refuses to load Message-ID: <20101212075203.GA1934@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20101211221325.GA1954@elf.ucw.cz> <20101211234356.1e9007fe@neptune.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101211234356.1e9007fe@neptune.home> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2551 Lines: 94 Hi! > Looks like you are using the wrong intel driver. > > For intel modesetting you need > CONFIG_DRM=y > CONFIG_DRM_KMS_HELPER=y > # CONFIG_DRM_TDFX is not set > # CONFIG_DRM_R128 is not set > # CONFIG_DRM_RADEON is not set > # CONFIG_DRM_I810 is not set > # CONFIG_DRM_I830 is not set > CONFIG_DRM_I915=y > # CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS is not set > # CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set > # CONFIG_DRM_SIS is not set > # CONFIG_DRM_VIA is not set > # CONFIG_DRM_SAVAGE is not set > > # CONFIG_FB_I810 is not set > > That will give you inteldrmfb. > ^^^ > > Not sure what dependency is missing in your config that DRM_I915 does > not show up... (it might be CONFIG_AGP_INTEL) It is hidden by "choice" with interesting name. Unfrotunately, if I do this, I get kernel messages for about a second, and then blank screen. Thinkpad X60... I now have: i915.modeset=1 video=inteldrmfb:mode=1024x768 fbcon=scrollback:64k on cmdline and: CONFIG_DRM=y CONFIG_DRM_KMS_HELPER=y # CONFIG_DRM_TDFX is not set # CONFIG_DRM_R128 is not set # CONFIG_DRM_RADEON is not set # CONFIG_DRM_I810 is not set # CONFIG_DRM_I830 is not set CONFIG_DRM_I915=y # CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS is not set # CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set # CONFIG_DRM_SIS is not set # CONFIG_DRM_VIA is not set # CONFIG_DRM_SAVAGE is not set # CONFIG_STUB_POULSBO is not set CONFIG_VGASTATE=y CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL=y CONFIG_FB=y CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID=y # CONFIG_FB_DDC is not set ... CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO=y > intelfb (CONFIG_FB_I810) is obsolete and only supports a pretty limited > part of intel GPU features, modesetting only for VGA output (and not > sure it works at all with recent GPUs). Perhaps something like this should be done? I had no idea that the choice is for modern drivers, too... Pavel diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig index 7af4436..3f1e7fd 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ config DRM_I810 for this driver to work. choice - prompt "Intel 830M, 845G, 852GM, 855GM, 865G" + prompt "Intel 830M, 845G, 852GM, 855GM, 865G, ..., i915 driver" depends on DRM && AGP && AGP_INTEL optional -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- 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/