On Fri, 2015-10-09 at 15:08 +0000, Scot Doyle wrote: > Since commit 27a4c827c34ac4256a190cc9d24607f953c1c459 > fbcon: use the cursor blink interval provided by vt > > a PPC64LE kernel fails to boot when fbcon_add_cursor_timer uses an > uninitialized ops->cur_blink_jiffies. Prevent by initializing > in fbcon_init before the call to info->fbops->fb_set_par. Any reason that hasn't hit upstream (and stable) yet ? This is pretty major... > Reported-and-tested-by: Alistair Popple <alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Scot Doyle <lkml14@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/video/console/fbcon.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c > b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c > index 1aaf893..92f3949 100644 > --- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c > +++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c > @@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ static void fbcon_init(struct vc_data *vc, int > init) > con_copy_unimap(vc, svc); > > ops = info->fbcon_par; > + ops->cur_blink_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(vc > ->vc_cur_blink_ms); > p->con_rotate = initial_rotation; > set_blitting_type(vc, info); > > -- > 2.1.4 > > -- > 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 -- 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
