On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 22:58 +0000, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > Package: linux-2.6 > Severity: normal > > in http://bugs.debian.org/608846 , i encountered difficulties with an > NVIDIA chipset on powerpc. > > These difficulties appear to be exacerbated by the fact that debian's > powerpc kernel has set > > CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA=y > > Please set this option to 'm' for powerpc (this course of action was > suggested by jcristau on #debian-x, who helped me find a workaround to > the earlier problem). > > Thanks for maintaining the Linux kernel in debian,
As I understand it, we cannot rely on VGA text-mode or a common firmware interface as a basis for the console on PowerPC. This means we must have a suitable framebuffer driver loaded even before loading the initramfs, so most such drivers are built-in. There may be a better way to do this, but unfortunately the kernel team is currently lacking a PowerPC porter who could make an informed decision. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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