On 23/07/07, Antonino A. Daplas <[email protected]> wrote:
On Sun, 2007-07-22 at 19:41 +0100, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> I ma having problems with the pvr2 fb on the Dreamcast in 2.6.22-git17
> - when the code is executed it appears to lock the Dreamcast up.
>
> The problem seems to be:
>
> fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_FB_REGISTERED, &event);
>
> In drivers/video/fbmem.c
>
> This hasn't been an issue before, so are there any recent changes that
> might have caused this?
What's the last kernel that worked for you? Can you also post your
config?
>
> (fb_notifier_call_chain calls a succession of stubs ending in
> __blocking_notifier_call_chain in kernel/sys.c)
>
Try reverting commit a66ad56eb2c9644717da4d7f05f971d6786145e3.
Tony
Tony,
I have checked this a few times now, including against Paul's git as
well as Linus's and the Dreamcast won't boot without its reversion.
Don't know why, but it needs to be reverted until a better fix is
available.
Adrian
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