On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 18:39:35 +0800, Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
> Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
>> Hi,
>> i810fb as a module is broken (checked with 2.6.13-mm3 and 2.6.14-rc2-mm1).
>> It compiles, but the module doesn't actually load because the kernel doesn't
>> recognize the hardware (the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE statement is missing).
>
>>
>> The attached patch fixes this.
>>
>> However, the resulting module still doesn't work.
>> It loads, and then garbles the display (black screen with a couple of yellow
>> lines, no matter what is written into the framebuffer device).
>
> Did you compile CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE statically, or did a modprobe fbcon?
> Does i810fb work if compiled statically?
Since this is *really* coming out often: is there a specific reason
why the fb modules do not depend on fbcon?
--
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain
a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty
nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[Index of Archives]
[Kernel Newbies]
[Netfilter]
[Bugtraq]
[Photo]
[Stuff]
[Gimp]
[Yosemite News]
[MIPS Linux]
[ARM Linux]
[Linux Security]
[Linux RAID]
[Video 4 Linux]
[Linux for the blind]
[Linux Resources]
