The patch titled nvidiafb: ensure that CRTC registers are accessible has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is nvidiafb-ensure-that-crtc-registers-are-accessible.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: nvidiafb: ensure that CRTC registers are accessible From: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@xxxxxxxxx> - Ensure that CRTC registers are accessible by unlocking them on set_par(), otherwise i2c reading will fail. - The function nvidia_vga_protect(), does not protect the VGA registers, but turns off the screen. Rename it to nvidia_screen_off(). Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c | 7 ++++--- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c~nvidiafb-ensure-that-crtc-registers-are-accessible drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c --- a/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c~nvidiafb-ensure-that-crtc-registers-are-accessible +++ a/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static int nvidia_panel_tweak(struct nvi return tweak; } -static void nvidia_vga_protect(struct nvidia_par *par, int on) +static void nvidia_screen_off(struct nvidia_par *par, int on) { unsigned char tmp; @@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ static int nvidiafb_set_par(struct fb_in NVLockUnlock(par, 0); } - nvidia_vga_protect(par, 1); + nvidia_screen_off(par, 1); nvidia_write_regs(par, &par->ModeReg); NVSetStartAddress(par, 0); @@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ static int nvidiafb_set_par(struct fb_in par->cursor_reset = 1; - nvidia_vga_protect(par, 0); + nvidia_screen_off(par, 0); #ifdef CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT /* Update debug text engine */ @@ -696,6 +696,7 @@ static int nvidiafb_set_par(struct fb_in info->var.bits_per_pixel, info->fix.line_length); #endif + NVLockUnlock(par, 0); NVTRACE_LEAVE(); return 0; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from adaplas@xxxxxxxxx are fbdev-add-ultrasharp-uxga-to-broken-monitor-database.patch intelfb-fix-ring-space-calculation.patch nvidiafb-bring-back-generic-ddc-reading.patch fbdev-ignore-vesa-modes-if-framebuffer-is-disabled.patch fbdev-fix-obvious-bug-in-show_pan.patch neofb-fill-transp-msb_right-with-the-correct.patch atyfb-kill-dead-code.patch fbdev-mm-deferred-io-support.patch fbdev-mm-deferred-io-support-fix.patch fbdev-mm-deferred-io-support-fix-2.patch fbdev-hecuba-framebuffer-driver.patch fbdev-hecuba-framebuffer-driver-fix.patch nvidiafb-fix-reversed-ddc-port.patch vt-expose-system-wide-utf-8-default-setting-via-sysfs.patch fbdev-dont-show-logo-if-driver-or-fbcon-are-modular.patch rivafb-nvidiafb-enable-hardware-monitoring.patch rivafb-handle-i2c-bus-creation-failure.patch rivafb-nvidiafb-various-cleanups.patch rivafb-fixed-reversed-ddc-ports.patch nvidiafb-ensure-that-crtc-registers-are-accessible.patch nvidiafb-access-crt-registers-safely.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html