Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 23.01.24 09:53, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> On Wed, 08 Nov 2023, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> wrote:
[...]
>
>>> As you know, there's a platform device that represents the firmware
>>> framebuffer. The firmware drivers, such as simpledrm, bind to it. In
>>> i915 and the other native drivers we remove that platform device, so
>>> that simpledrm does not run.
>>
>> The problem is still not resolved. Another bug report at [1].
>>
>> The commit message here points at 60aebc955949 ("drivers/firmware: Move
>> sysfb_init() from device_initcall to subsys_initcall_sync") as
>> regressing, and Jaak also bisected it (see Closes:).
>>
>> I agree the patch here is just papering over the issue, but lacking a
>> proper fix, for months, a revert would be in order, no?
>>
Yes, I agree that this patch has to be reverted, since as you said the
issue has not been fixed and is causing regressions for multiple users.
>> [1] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/-/issues/10133
>
> Interesting.
>
> JFYI for those that don't follow this closely: Huacai Chen proposed a
> fix and asked a earlier reporter to test it, but afaics heard nothing back:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAAhV-H5eXM7FNzuRCMthAziG_jg75XwQV3grpw=sdyJ-9GXgvA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
It's not a fix but a debug patch for the patch author to get more info ?
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Best regards,
Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat
