On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 07:03:16 PM Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> When the linux kernel is build with (typical kernel ship with Debian
> installer):
>
> CONFIG_FB=y
> 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, see
> commit a56f7428d753 ("drm/radeon: Add early unregister of firmware fb's").
>
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://bugs.debian.org/826629#57
> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119741
> Suggested-by: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@xxxxxx>
Patch queued for 4.17, thanks.
Best regards,
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics
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