Re: [PATCH] fbcon: warn on invalid cursor blink intervals
From: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
Date: 2016-05-20 01:22:08
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From: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
Date: 2016-05-20 01:22:08
Also in:
dri-devel, lkml, stable
Hi Scot,
Two systems are locking on boot [1] because ops->cur_blink_jiffies is set to zero from vc->vc_cur_blink_ms. Ignore such invalid intervals and log a warning.
This prevents a lockup on AST BMC machines, but (as expected) generates a warning against the fbcon driver, which is a significantly better result. Tested-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org> [now to sort out the issue in the ast driver...] Cheers, Jeremy