On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 8:35 AM Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On 16/07/2024 14:05, Neal Gompa wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 7:49 AM Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> I've made a test kernel build with drm_panic enabled (and VT_CONSOLE > >> disabled): > >> > >> https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=120544794 > >> > >> I've backported a few patches, that are not in v6.10, like: > >> short panic description: > >> https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/135356/ > >> kmsg panic_screen: > >> https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/134286/ > >> draft nouveau support (tested on 1650X, might be garbage on other GPU): > >> https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/133963/ > >> And also virtio-gpu support, so you can test it easily on a VM. > >> > >> To install the test kernel, download the rpms kernel, kernel-core, > >> kernel-modules, kernel-modules-core, kernel-modules-extra, and install > >> them with dnf. > >> It's a Fedora rawhide kernel, but can be installed on F40. > >> > >> i915, amdgpu, and nvidia are not yet supported, so you need to blacklist > >> them, in order to use simpledrm, if you want to see the panic screen. > >> > > > > Do you expect to see the rest of the drivers supported by the time > > Fedora 42 rolls around? Because if it only works with nouveau, it's > > probably not worth enabling. > > > > I think it's a bit of a chicken and egg problem. If no distro enables > it, there will be little incentive for the drivers to add support. > > Also, on all hardware, simpledrm is used at boot, so common kernel panic > like "unable to mount /", or "failed to execute /init", will use drm_panic. > > FYI, I opened an issue for amdgpu here: > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/3340 > > And for i915 here: > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/i915/kernel/-/issues/10954 > Forgive me for the potentially dumb question, but why does every driver have to individually implement support for it? DRM is a framework, right? So how come it's not implemented in a way such that all DRM drivers get it "for free"? -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
