When the linux kernel is build with (typical kernel ship with Debian installer): CONFIG_FB_OF=y CONFIG_VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING=y CONFIG_FB_RADEON=m The offb driver takes precedence over module radeonfb. It is then impossible to load the module, error reported is: [ 96.551486] radeonfb 0000:00:10.0: enabling device (0006 -> 0007) [ 96.551526] radeonfb 0000:00:10.0: BAR 0: can't reserve [mem 0x98000000-0x9fffffff pref] [ 96.551531] radeonfb (0000:00:10.0): cannot request region 0. [ 96.551545] radeonfb: probe of 0000:00:10.0 failed with error -16 This patch reproduce the behavior of the module radeon, so as to make it possible to load radeonfb when offb is first loaded. It should be noticed that `offb_destroy` is never called which explain the need to skip error detection on the radeon side. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://bugs.debian.org/826629#57 Suggested-by: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c index 218339a..6f9bacd 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c @@ -2259,6 +2259,22 @@ static struct bin_attribute edid2_attr = { .read = radeon_show_edid2, }; +static int radeon_kick_out_firmware_fb(struct pci_dev *pdev) +{ + struct apertures_struct *ap; + + ap = alloc_apertures(1); + if (!ap) + return -ENOMEM; + + ap->ranges[0].base = pci_resource_start(pdev, 0); + ap->ranges[0].size = pci_resource_len(pdev, 0); + + remove_conflicting_framebuffers(ap, KBUILD_MODNAME, false); + kfree(ap); + + return 0; +} static int radeonfb_pci_register(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) @@ -2314,19 +2330,21 @@ static int radeonfb_pci_register(struct pci_dev *pdev, rinfo->fb_base_phys = pci_resource_start (pdev, 0); rinfo->mmio_base_phys = pci_resource_start (pdev, 2); + ret = radeon_kick_out_firmware_fb(pdev); + if (ret) + return ret; + /* request the mem regions */ ret = pci_request_region(pdev, 0, "radeonfb framebuffer"); if (ret < 0) { printk( KERN_ERR "radeonfb (%s): cannot request region 0.\n", pci_name(rinfo->pdev)); - goto err_release_fb; } ret = pci_request_region(pdev, 2, "radeonfb mmio"); if (ret < 0) { printk( KERN_ERR "radeonfb (%s): cannot request region 2.\n", pci_name(rinfo->pdev)); - goto err_release_pci0; } /* map the regions */ -- 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