Hi Michael, On Mon, 18 May 2020 at 08:30, Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > As mentioned in earlier commit, the riva and nvidia fbdev drivers have > > seen no love over the years, are short on features and overall below par > > > > Users are encouraged to switch to the nouveau drm driver instead. > > > > v2: Split configs to separate patch, enable nouveau (Bartlomiej) > > > > Cc: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@xxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@xxxxxxxxx> > > Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx> (v1) > > --- > > Hi all unless, there are objections I would prefer to merge this via > > the drm tree. > > Have you tested that the resulting kernels work on the relevant > hardware? > Sadly, no I haven't. I'm updating the defconfigs as requested by the fbdev maintainer. > The old drivers may be crufty but they presumably have been tested by > people and at least somewhat work. > > So I'd be inclined to leave the defconfigs alone until someone can test > that the new driver works at all. > Works for me. > I gave it a quick spin on a G5 I have access to and dmesg has a bunch of > errors in it (see below). I can't actually tell if the display is > working because the machine is remote, and I can't go and check it at > the moment because the office is closed. > >From what I can see, there seems to be three bits: - attempted out-of-bound attempts to read the vbios Genuine concern or noise? Likely using the bios from open firmware, check any of the other options - see NvBios in [1] - cannot figure out the timer input frequency No idea - the TV1 EDID is empty Is there an actual TV connected to the device, check with another cable Regardless of the patches, reporting [2] the above would be a nice move. Thanks Emil [1] https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/KernelModuleParameters/ [2] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-nouveau/-/issues _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
