On 11/30/16 12:11, Olof Kindgren wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I see that you have updated MAINTAINERS. Good.
>
> Does openRISC support VGA console?
> I tried to send a patch to Jason a few days ago.
> Please look at http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=147968525011508&w=2 <http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=147968525011508&w=2>
> (or I can resend it if you wish).
>
> The kbuild test bot has been reporting this build error for several
> months. If my fix is wrong, please submit something else.
>
> Thanks.
> --
> ~Randy
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>
> Hi Randy,
>
> This is a known issue. This patch (https://github.com/openrisc/linux/pull/5) should take care of it. Can't say if it's the correct solution though, but it works both with and without a VGA console
>
> //Olof
Thanks.
--
~Randy
On Wed, 30 Nov 2016, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 11/30/16 12:11, Olof Kindgren wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I see that you have updated MAINTAINERS. Good.
>>
>> Does openRISC support VGA console?
>> I tried to send a patch to Jason a few days ago.
>> Please look at http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=147968525011508&w=2 <http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=147968525011508&w=2>
>> (or I can resend it if you wish).
>>
>> The kbuild test bot has been reporting this build error for several
>> months. If my fix is wrong, please submit something else.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> --
>> ~Randy
>> _______________________________________________
>> OpenRISC mailing list
>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> https://lists.librecores.org/listinfo/openrisc <https://lists.librecores.org/listinfo/openrisc>
>>
>>
>> Hi Randy,
>>
>> This is a known issue. This patch (https://github.com/openrisc/linux/pull/5) should take care of it. Can't say if it's the correct solution though, but it works both with and without a VGA console
>>
>> //Olof
>
> Thanks.
Hello,
I think I will take Randy's patch instead. The patch above defines
screen_info, but I am not sure if it has been used or if anyone has got
vga consoles working on openrisc.
We can always add vga console support if someone has the hardware and can
test it. It will be harder to take it away.
-Stafford