On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 1:18 PM, David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Tom Gundersen <teg@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Tom Gundersen <teg@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>> The driver seems to load ok, but sadly it does not give any output. If >>> I boot via the gummiboot menu the screen remains black, and if I don't >>> enter the gummiboot menu the screen remains grey (it is a Mac). >> >> My apologies, this was a config error (I somehow ended up with >> FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=m, which works fine with inteldrmfb, but obviously >> not with any of the compiled in ones). > > Good, I almost went crazy looking for an error. Does that mean > simplefb works for you? Sorry about that! Yes, it now works. > I guess the x86-sysfb patch is still needed? Yes, that is still needed. > Now I only wonder why the i915 issue showed up. Is it also solved with > a built-in fbcon? Sadly, no, that problem persists. A related question: is it expected that simplefb should be significantly slower than efifb, or is that something worth looking into? My boot with simplefb is roughly five seconds slower than with efifb. Coincidentally, I notice the same (or similar slowdown) with inteldrmfb when I see the oops (but not otherwise). Cheers, Tom -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fbdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
