The patch titled lxfb: fix console blanking has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is lxfb-fix-console-blanking.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** 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 The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: lxfb: fix console blanking From: Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@xxxxxxx> Simply enabling DAC blanking without turning off the CRT seems to be resulting in characters remaining on the screen when the monitor blanks. This patch turns off the CRT for all modes, and also powers down the DACs when vsync and/or hsync are disabled. Signed-off-by: Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/video/geode/lxfb_ops.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/video/geode/lxfb_ops.c~lxfb-fix-console-blanking drivers/video/geode/lxfb_ops.c --- a/drivers/video/geode/lxfb_ops.c~lxfb-fix-console-blanking +++ a/drivers/video/geode/lxfb_ops.c @@ -517,25 +517,25 @@ void lx_set_palette_reg(struct fb_info * int lx_blank_display(struct fb_info *info, int blank_mode) { struct lxfb_par *par = info->par; - u32 dcfg, fp_pm; - int blank, hsync, vsync, crt; + u32 dcfg, misc, fp_pm; + int blank, hsync, vsync; /* CRT power saving modes. */ switch (blank_mode) { case FB_BLANK_UNBLANK: - blank = 0; hsync = 1; vsync = 1; crt = 1; + blank = 0; hsync = 1; vsync = 1; break; case FB_BLANK_NORMAL: - blank = 1; hsync = 1; vsync = 1; crt = 1; + blank = 1; hsync = 1; vsync = 1; break; case FB_BLANK_VSYNC_SUSPEND: - blank = 1; hsync = 1; vsync = 0; crt = 1; + blank = 1; hsync = 1; vsync = 0; break; case FB_BLANK_HSYNC_SUSPEND: - blank = 1; hsync = 0; vsync = 1; crt = 1; + blank = 1; hsync = 0; vsync = 1; break; case FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN: - blank = 1; hsync = 0; vsync = 0; crt = 0; + blank = 1; hsync = 0; vsync = 0; break; default: return -EINVAL; @@ -545,15 +545,23 @@ int lx_blank_display(struct fb_info *inf dcfg &= ~(VP_DCFG_DAC_BL_EN | VP_DCFG_HSYNC_EN | VP_DCFG_VSYNC_EN | VP_DCFG_CRT_EN); if (!blank) - dcfg |= VP_DCFG_DAC_BL_EN; + dcfg |= VP_DCFG_DAC_BL_EN | VP_DCFG_CRT_EN; if (hsync) dcfg |= VP_DCFG_HSYNC_EN; if (vsync) dcfg |= VP_DCFG_VSYNC_EN; - if (crt) - dcfg |= VP_DCFG_CRT_EN; + write_vp(par, VP_DCFG, dcfg); + misc = read_vp(par, VP_MISC); + + if (vsync && hsync) + misc &= ~VP_MISC_DACPWRDN; + else + misc |= VP_MISC_DACPWRDN; + + write_vp(par, VP_MISC, misc); + /* Power on/off flat panel */ if (par->output & OUTPUT_PANEL) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jordan.crouse@xxxxxxx are lxfb-fix-console-blanking.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