FAILED: Patch "fbdev: ffb: fix corrupted video output on Sun FFB1" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-03-01 01:47:44
Also in: dri-devel, stable
Subsystem: framebuffer layer, the rest · Maintainers: Helge Deller, Linus Torvalds

The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to [off-list ref].

Thanks,
Sasha

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From b28da0d092461ac239ff034a8ac3129320177ba3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ren=C3=A9=20Rebe?= <redacted>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 16:49:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fbdev: ffb: fix corrupted video output on Sun FFB1
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Fix Sun FFB1 corrupted video out ([1] and [2]) by disabling overlay and
initializing window mode to a known state. The issue never appeared on
my FFB2+/vertical nor Elite3D/M6. It could also depend on the PROM
version.

/SUNW,ffb@1e,0: FFB at 000001fc00000000, type 11, DAC pnum[236c] rev[10] manuf_rev[4]
X (II) /dev/fb0: Detected FFB1, Z-buffer, Single-buffered.
X (II) /dev/fb0: BT9068 (PAC1) ramdac detected (with normal cursor control)
X (II) /dev/fb0: Detected Creator/Creator3D

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DUTcSmSjSem/
[2] https://chaos.social/@ReneRebe/116023241660154102

Signed-off-by: René Rebe <redacted>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/ffb.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/ffb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/ffb.c
index 34b6abff9493e..da531b4cb4513 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/ffb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/ffb.c
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ struct ffb_dac {
 };
 
 #define FFB_DAC_UCTRL		0x1001 /* User Control */
+#define FFB_DAC_UCTRL_OVENAB	0x00000008 /* Overlay Enable */
+#define FFB_DAC_UCTRL_WMODE	0x00000030 /* Window Mode */
+#define FFB_DAC_UCTRL_WM_COMB	0x00000000 /* Window Mode = Combined */
 #define FFB_DAC_UCTRL_MANREV	0x00000f00 /* 4-bit Manufacturing Revision */
 #define FFB_DAC_UCTRL_MANREV_SHIFT 8
 #define FFB_DAC_TGEN		0x6000 /* Timing Generator */
@@ -425,7 +428,7 @@ static void ffb_switch_from_graph(struct ffb_par *par)
 {
 	struct ffb_fbc __iomem *fbc = par->fbc;
 	struct ffb_dac __iomem *dac = par->dac;
-	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long flags, uctrl;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&par->lock, flags);
 	FFBWait(par);
@@ -450,6 +453,15 @@ static void ffb_switch_from_graph(struct ffb_par *par)
 		upa_writel((FFB_DAC_CUR_CTRL_P0 |
 			    FFB_DAC_CUR_CTRL_P1), &dac->value2);
 
+	/* Disable overlay and window modes. */
+	upa_writel(FFB_DAC_UCTRL, &dac->type);
+	uctrl = upa_readl(&dac->value);
+	uctrl &= ~FFB_DAC_UCTRL_WMODE;
+	uctrl |= FFB_DAC_UCTRL_WM_COMB;
+	uctrl &= ~FFB_DAC_UCTRL_OVENAB;
+	upa_writel(FFB_DAC_UCTRL, &dac->type);
+	upa_writel(uctrl, &dac->value);
+
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&par->lock, flags);
 }
 
-- 
2.51.0



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