Hi, Javier, On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 7:05 PM Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello Huacai, > > Thanks a lot for your patch. > > On 7/2/22 11:04, Huacai Chen wrote: > > Consider a configuration like this: > > 1, efifb (or simpledrm) is built-in; > > 2, a native display driver (such as radeon) is also built-in. > > > > As Javier said, this is not a common configuration (the native display > > driver is usually built as a module), but it can happen and cause some > > trouble. > > > > In this case, since efifb, radeon and sysfb are all in device_initcall() > > level, the order in practise is like this: > > > > efifb registered at first, but no "efi-framebuffer" device yet. radeon > > registered later, and /dev/fb0 created. sysfb_init() comes at last, it > > registers "efi-framebuffer" and then causes an error message "efifb: a > > framebuffer is already registered". Make sysfb_init() to be subsys_ > > initcall_sync() can avoid this. And Javier Martinez Canillas is trying > > to make a more general solution [1]. > > > > However, this patch still makes sense because it can make the screen > > display as early as possible (We cannot move to subsys_initcall, since > > sysfb_init() should be executed after PCI enumeration). > > > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220607182338.344270-1-javierm@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > > > Note that this series already landed, so you might want to refer the > relevant commit sha-1 instead, i.e: > > commit 873eb3b11860 ("fbdev: Disable sysfb device registration when > removing conflicting FBs"). OK, I'll update the commit message again and send V3. Huacai > > > Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > V2: Update commit messages. > > > > drivers/firmware/sysfb.c | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/sysfb.c b/drivers/firmware/sysfb.c > > index 2bfbb05f7d89..aecf91517e54 100644 > > --- a/drivers/firmware/sysfb.c > > +++ b/drivers/firmware/sysfb.c > > @@ -80,4 +80,4 @@ static __init int sysfb_init(void) > > } > > > > /* must execute after PCI subsystem for EFI quirks */ > > -device_initcall(sysfb_init); > > +subsys_initcall_sync(sysfb_init); > > I agree with the change and makes sense to me. > > Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx> > > -- > Best regards, > > Javier Martinez Canillas > Linux Engineering > Red Hat >
