The patch titled
fbdev: permit setting of VESA modes when using compiled-in drivers
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
fbdev-permit-setting-of-vesa-modes-when-using-compiled-in-drivers.patch
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Subject: fbdev: permit setting of VESA modes when using compiled-in drivers
From: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@xxxxx>
The kernel does not accept VESA modes via the "vga=" kernel parameter
if there is no frame buffer driver compiled-in to handle it.
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@xxxxx>
Cc: Werner Lemberg <wl@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/Kconfig | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/video/Kconfig~fbdev-does-not-allow-vesa-modes-without-compiled-in-drivers-bug-13249 drivers/video/Kconfig
--- a/drivers/video/Kconfig~fbdev-does-not-allow-vesa-modes-without-compiled-in-drivers-bug-13249
+++ a/drivers/video/Kconfig
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ config FB_INTEL
select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
- select FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT
+ select FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT if FB_INTEL = y
help
This driver supports the on-board graphics built in to the Intel
830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G/915GM/945G/945GM/965G/965GM chipsets.
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ config FB_SIS
select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
- select FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT
+ select FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT if FB_SIS = y
help
This is the frame buffer device driver for the SiS 300, 315, 330
and 340 series as well as XGI V3XT, V5, V8, Z7 graphics chipsets.
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from krzysztof.h1@xxxxx are
revert-fbdev-fix-info-lock-deadlock-in-fbcon_event_notify.patch
revert-fbdev-uninline-lock_fb_info.patch
revert-fbmem-fix-fb_info-lock-and-mm-mmap_sem-circular-locking-dependency.patch
revert-fbmem-dont-call-copy_from-to_user-with-mutex-held.patch
fbdev-move-back-to-bkl-solution.patch
linux-next.patch
fbdev-permit-setting-of-vesa-modes-when-using-compiled-in-drivers.patch
intelfb-fix-color-map-setting-with-an-lvds-display.patch
chipsfb-remove-redundant-assignment.patch
igafb-use-framebuffer_alloc-to-allocate-fb_info-struct.patch
offb-use-framebuffer_alloc-to-allocate-fb_info-struct.patch
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