On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Bruno Prémont
<bonbons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 10 August 2014 Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Bruno Prémont wrote:
>> > On Sun, 10 August 2014 Andreas Noever wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 2:21 AM, Andreas Noeverwrote:
>> >> > I just tried to run the latest kernel. It failed to boot and git
>> >> > bisect points to this commit (MacBookPro10,1 with Nvidia&Intel
>> >> > graphics).
>> >> >
>> >> > The (now removed) code in efifb_setup did always set default_vga, even
>> >> > if it had already been set earlier. The new code in pci_fixup_video
>> >> > runs only if vga_default_device() is NULL. Removing the check fixes
>> >> > the regression.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > The following calls to vga_set_default_device are made during boot:
>> >> >
>> >> > vga_arbiter_add_pci_device -> vga_set_default_device(intel)
>> >> > pci_fixup_video -> vga_set_default_device(intel) (there are two calls
>> >> > in pci_fixup_video, this one is the one near "Boot video device")
>> >> > pci_fixup_video -> vga_set_default_device(nvidia) (from the "Does
>> >> > firmware framebuffer belong to us?" loop, only if I remove the check)
>> >> >
>> >> > vga_arbiter_add_pci_device chooses intel simply because it is the
>> >> > first device. Next pci_fixup_video(intel) sees that it is the default
>> >> > device, sets the IORESOURCE_ROM_SHADOW flag and calls
>> >> > vga_set_default_device again. And finally (if the check is removed)
>> >> > pci_fixup_video(nvidia) sees that it owns the framebuffer and sets
>> >> > itself as the default device which allows the system to boot again.
>> >> >
>> >> > Does setting the ROM_SHADOW flag on (possibly) the wrong device have
>> >> > any effect?
>> >> Yes it does. Removing the line changes a long standing
>> >> i915 0000:00:02.0: Invalid ROM contents
>> >> into a
>> >> i915 0000:00:02.0: BAR 6: can't assign [??? 0x00000000 flags
>> >> 0x20000000] (bogus alignment).
>> >>
>> >> The first is logged at KERN_ERR and the second one only at KERN_INFO.
>> >> We are making progress.
>> >
>> > How does your system behave if you change vga_arbiter_add_pci_device()
>> > not to set vga_set_default_device() with the first device registered?
>> >
>> > That is remove the
>> > #ifndef __ARCH_HAS_VGA_DEFAULT_DEVICE
>> > code block in vga_arbiter_add_pci_device().
>> The system does not boot. The Intel device is still set as the
>> default device in pci_fixup_video (near "Boot video device") and
>> prevents the nvidia device (which is initialized later) from becoming
>> the default one.
>>
>> > How did your system behave in the past if you did not enable efifb?
>> I don't think that I ever did not enable efifb. It seems to have been
>> around for quite a while?
>
> The question here is if you system just refuses to boot as well.
I have just tested 3.16 without FB_EFI and it refuses to boot as well.
> The aim of my patch is to make system work (properly) when efifb is not used
> (why use efifb if built-in drm drivers handle the GPU(s)?)
>
> If you decided to replace efifb with platform-framebuffer+simplefb/simpledrm
> you would probably see the same issue as that would be no efifb as well.
>
> The presence of efifb should not be mandatory for successfully booting
> and running Xorg.
>
>> Andreas
>
> How does you system behave with below patch on top of Linus tree?
This patch fixes the problem (with and without FB_EFI).
Andreas
> Bruno
>
>
>
> ---
> diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c b/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c
> index c61ea57..15d0068 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c
> @@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static void pci_fixup_video(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> }
> bus = bus->parent;
> }
> - if (!vga_default_device() || pdev == vga_default_device()) {
> + if (pdev == vga_default_device()) {
> pci_read_config_word(pdev, PCI_COMMAND, &config);
> if (config & (PCI_COMMAND_IO | PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY)) {
> pdev->resource[PCI_ROM_RESOURCE].flags |= IORESOURCE_ROM_SHADOW;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/vga/vgaarb.c b/drivers/gpu/vga/vgaarb.c
> index d2077f0..ac44d87 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/vga/vgaarb.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/vga/vgaarb.c
> @@ -112,10 +112,8 @@ both:
> return 1;
> }
>
> -#ifndef __ARCH_HAS_VGA_DEFAULT_DEVICE
> /* this is only used a cookie - it should not be dereferenced */
> static struct pci_dev *vga_default;
> -#endif
>
> static void vga_arb_device_card_gone(struct pci_dev *pdev);
>
> @@ -131,7 +129,6 @@ static struct vga_device *vgadev_find(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> }
>
> /* Returns the default VGA device (vgacon's babe) */
> -#ifndef __ARCH_HAS_VGA_DEFAULT_DEVICE
> struct pci_dev *vga_default_device(void)
> {
> return vga_default;
> @@ -147,7 +144,6 @@ void vga_set_default_device(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> pci_dev_put(vga_default);
> vga_default = pci_dev_get(pdev);
> }
> -#endif
>
> static inline void vga_irq_set_state(struct vga_device *vgadev, bool state)
> {
> @@ -580,10 +576,10 @@ static bool vga_arbiter_add_pci_device(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> bus = bus->parent;
> }
>
> +#if 0
> /* Deal with VGA default device. Use first enabled one
> * by default if arch doesn't have it's own hook
> */
> -#ifndef __ARCH_HAS_VGA_DEFAULT_DEVICE
> if (vga_default == NULL &&
> ((vgadev->owns & VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_MASK) == VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_MASK))
> vga_set_default_device(pdev);
> @@ -621,10 +617,8 @@ static bool vga_arbiter_del_pci_device(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> goto bail;
> }
>
> -#ifndef __ARCH_HAS_VGA_DEFAULT_DEVICE
> if (vga_default == pdev)
> vga_set_default_device(NULL);
> -#endif
>
> if (vgadev->decodes & (VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_IO | VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_MEM))
> vga_decode_count--;
> diff --git a/include/linux/vgaarb.h b/include/linux/vgaarb.h
> index 2c02f3a..c37bd4d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/vgaarb.h
> +++ b/include/linux/vgaarb.h
> @@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ extern void vga_put(struct pci_dev *pdev, unsigned int rsrc);
> * vga_get()...
> */
>
> -#ifndef __ARCH_HAS_VGA_DEFAULT_DEVICE
> #ifdef CONFIG_VGA_ARB
> extern struct pci_dev *vga_default_device(void);
> extern void vga_set_default_device(struct pci_dev *pdev);
> @@ -190,7 +189,6 @@ extern void vga_set_default_device(struct pci_dev *pdev);
> static inline struct pci_dev *vga_default_device(void) { return NULL; };
> static inline void vga_set_default_device(struct pci_dev *pdev) { };
> #endif
> -#endif
>
> /**
> * vga_conflicts
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