This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
fbdev: matroxfb: G200eW: Increase max memory from 1 MB to 16 MB
to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
fbdev-matroxfb-g200ew-increase-max-memory-from-1-mb-to-16-mb.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From f685dd7a8025f2554f73748cfdb8143a21fb92c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2023 14:57:30 +0100
Subject: fbdev: matroxfb: G200eW: Increase max memory from 1 MB to 16 MB
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From: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit f685dd7a8025f2554f73748cfdb8143a21fb92c7 upstream.
Commit 62d89a7d49af ("video: fbdev: matroxfb: set maxvram of vbG200eW to
the same as vbG200 to avoid black screen") accidently decreases the
maximum memory size for the Matrox G200eW (102b:0532) from 8 MB to 1 MB
by missing one zero. This caused the driver initialization to fail with
the messages below, as the minimum required VRAM size is 2 MB:
[ 9.436420] matroxfb: Matrox MGA-G200eW (PCI) detected
[ 9.444502] matroxfb: cannot determine memory size
[ 9.449316] matroxfb: probe of 0000:0a:03.0 failed with error -1
So, add the missing 0 to make it the intended 16 MB. Successfully tested on
the Dell PowerEdge R910/0KYD3D, BIOS 2.10.0 08/29/2013, that the warning is
gone.
While at it, add a leading 0 to the maxdisplayable entry, so it’s aligned
properly. The value could probably also be increased from 8 MB to 16 MB, as
the G200 uses the same values, but I have not checked any datasheet.
Note, matroxfb is obsolete and superseded by the maintained DRM driver
mga200, which is used by default on most systems where both drivers are
available. Therefore, on most systems it was only a cosmetic issue.
Fixes: 62d89a7d49af ("video: fbdev: matroxfb: set maxvram of vbG200eW to the same as vbG200 to avoid black screen")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fbdev/972999d3-b75d-5680-fcef-6e6905c52ac5@xxxxxxx/T/#mb6953a9995ebd18acc8552f99d6db39787aec775
Cc: it+linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Z. Liu <liuzx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
@@ -1378,8 +1378,8 @@ static struct video_board vbG200 = {
.lowlevel = &matrox_G100
};
static struct video_board vbG200eW = {
- .maxvram = 0x100000,
- .maxdisplayable = 0x800000,
+ .maxvram = 0x1000000,
+ .maxdisplayable = 0x0800000,
.accelID = FB_ACCEL_MATROX_MGAG200,
.lowlevel = &matrox_G100
};
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-6.1/fbdev-matroxfb-g200ew-increase-max-memory-from-1-mb-to-16-mb.patch
