On 1/12/23 08:55, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: [...] >> Thanks Daniel and Javier! >> >> I wasn't able to reproduce the original problem on my hybrid laptop >> since it refuses to boot with the console on an external display, but I >> was able to reproduce it by switching the configuration around: booting >> with i915.modeset=0 and with an experimental version of nvidia-drm that >> registers a framebuffer console. I verified that loading nvidia-drm > > Thank you for testing. > > One thing I'd like to note is that using DRM's fbdev emulation is the > correct way to support a console. Nvidia-drm's current approach of > utilizing efifb is fragile and requires workarounds from distributions > (at least here at SUSE). Steps towards fbdev emulation are much appreciated. > I was meaning to mention the same. Fedora also is carrying a workaround just for the Nvidia proprietary driver since all other drivers provide a emulated fbdev device. So getting this finally fixed will be indeed highly appreciated. -- Best regards, Javier Martinez Canillas Core Platforms Red Hat
