forwarded 826629 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96423 retitle 826629 radeonfb should be able to kick out offb tags 826629 upstream thanks
On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote: > Control: tag -1 moreinfo > > On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 11:04 +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >> Package: src:linux >> Version: 4.5.5-1 >> >> This is an attempt to resolve the symptoms from #825840 (1). As >> explain in this bug report, debian-installer is trying to use radeonfb >> on PowerPC. However two things happen: >> >> 1. At startup Framebuffer is setup by Open Firmware (OFfb) >> 2. radeonfb currently does not support 'unloading' existing /dev/fb0 >> >> While it would make sense for radeonfb to take over Open Firmware, it >> is currently not implemented (2). So an alternate solution would be to >> use the 'radeon' driver instead. >> >> I have been reading #782058 and #748398, and if I understand correctly >> debian-installer does not *explicitly* load 'radeonfb', instead this >> is done by `fb-modules-4.5.0-2-powerpc-di`. In which case I'd like to >> request that `radeon` be also added to the list of module for PowerPC. > > This couldbe problematic because of the need for firmware in many > cases. Having said that, the radeon driver is already used in some > other installer configurations, so maybe it will work. > > Are there any problems with radeonfb other than #825840? Because I > think that is not nearly serious enough to justify taking the risk of > changing to radeon. Point taken, I've reported it upstream. With a little bit of luck this is a one-liner. -M
