On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Friday, January 28, 2011, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Chris Wilson wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:51:01 -0500 (EST), "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > sadly, no change -- still black screen. again, rebooted > > > > successfully under commit 8a327f23. just to be clear, here's "git > > > > diff": > > > > > > > > $ git diff > > > > diff --git a/include/linux/acpi_io.h b/include/linux/acpi_io.h > > > > index 7180013..e035f3c 100644 > > > > --- a/include/linux/acpi_io.h > > > > +++ b/include/linux/acpi_io.h > > > > @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ > > > > static inline void __iomem *acpi_os_ioremap(acpi_physical_address phys, > > > > acpi_size size) > > > > { > > > > - return ioremap_cache(phys, size); > > > > + return ioremap(phys, size); > > > > } > > > > > > Ok, that implies the new mapping is fine and not the cause of the issue. > > > > > > Instead you have some OpRegion related regression hidden until till now > > > because the conflicting mapping disabled it for i915. > > > > > > That would be easy to test by returning early in intel_opregion_setup(): > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c > > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ > > > index 9efccb9..8c93201 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c > > > @@ -470,6 +470,8 @@ int intel_opregion_setup(struct drm_device *dev) > > > u32 asls, mboxes; > > > int err = 0; > > > > > > + return -ENOTSUPP; > > > + > > > > > > pci_read_config_dword(dev->pdev, PCI_ASLS, &asls); > > > DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("graphic opregion physical addr: 0x%x\n", asls); > > > if (asls == 0) { > > > > > > > so you want me to revert to a stock b705120e before doing the above? > > Alternatively, you could take the vanilla Linus' tree and replace > ioremap_cache() with ioremap() in include/linux/acpi_io.h . Please try that > and see if it makes a difference. been there, done that, that's all so ... this morning. i continued bisecting and playing and eventually verified the following workaround for an earlier working version of the kernel: $ git diff diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c index 64fd644..28adc6d 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c @@ -495,6 +495,8 @@ int intel_opregion_setup(struct drm_device *dev) opregion->acpi = base + OPREGION_ACPI_OFFSET; } +return 0; // rday + if (mboxes & MBOX_SWSCI) { DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("SWSCI supported\n"); opregion->swsci = base + OPREGION_SWSCI_OFFSET; this was based on a suggestion by chris wilson to deactivate the "mboxes" tests in that single source file and see what happened. adding the "return 0" above suddenly gave me a properly booting kernel. i applied the same diff to the current kernel and it's building as we speak. rday p.s. having that "return 0" *after* that test but before the next one still gave me a black screen. -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel