4.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Scot Doyle <lkml14@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit f235f664a8afabccf863a5dee4777d2d7b676fda upstream. Since commit 27a4c827c34ac4256a190cc9d24607f953c1c459 fbcon: use the cursor blink interval provided by vt a PPC64LE kernel fails to boot when fbcon_add_cursor_timer uses an uninitialized ops->cur_blink_jiffies. Prevent by initializing in fbcon_init before the call to info->fbops->fb_set_par. Reported-and-tested-by: Alistair Popple <alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Scot Doyle <lkml14@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/video/console/fbcon.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c +++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c @@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ static void fbcon_init(struct vc_data *v con_copy_unimap(vc, svc); ops = info->fbcon_par; + ops->cur_blink_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(vc->vc_cur_blink_ms); p->con_rotate = initial_rotation; set_blitting_type(vc, info); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html