Thread (8 messages) 8 messages, 3 authors, 2014-02-28

[PATCH v5 2/2] hyperv-fb: kick off efifb early

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From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Date: 2014-02-26 10:51:59
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Subsystem: framebuffer layer, the rest · Maintainers: Helge Deller, Linus Torvalds

Revision v5 of 2 in this series.

Revisions (2)
  1. v1 [diff vs current]
  2. v5 current
Remove firmware framebuffer before initializing hyperv-fb.  Needed
on gen2 virtual machines.   Letting register_framebuffer handle the
switchover results in efifb still being active while hyperv graphics
are initialized, which in turn can make the linux kernel hang.

Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/video/hyperv_fb.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/video/hyperv_fb.c b/drivers/video/hyperv_fb.c
index b7b3dd0..e23392e 100644
--- a/drivers/video/hyperv_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/hyperv_fb.c
@@ -679,6 +679,8 @@ static int hvfb_getmem(struct fb_info *info)
 	if (gen2vm) {
 		info->apertures->ranges[0].base = screen_info.lfb_base;
 		info->apertures->ranges[0].size = screen_info.lfb_size;
+		remove_conflicting_framebuffers(info->apertures,
+						KBUILD_MODNAME, false);
 	} else {
 		info->apertures->ranges[0].base = pci_resource_start(pdev, 0);
 		info->apertures->ranges[0].size = pci_resource_len(pdev, 0);
-- 
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