Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 4 authors, 2021-05-28

Re: [PATCH v2] drm/rockchip: remove existing generic drivers to take over the device

From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Date: 2021-05-28 13:59:24
Also in: dri-devel, linux-arm-kernel, lkml


Am 27.05.21 um 09:38 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
Hello Thomas,

On 5/16/21 12:30 PM, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
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Am 16.05.21 um 09:48 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
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There are drivers that register framebuffer devices very early in the boot
process and make use of the existing framebuffer as setup by the firmware.

If one of those drivers has registered a fbdev, then the fallback fbdev
of
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the DRM driver won't be bound to the framebuffer console. To avoid that,
remove any existing generic driver and take over the graphics device.

By doing that, the fb mapped to the console is switched correctly from the
early fbdev to the one registered by the rockchip DRM driver:

      [   40.752420] fb0: switching to rockchip-drm-fb from EFI VGA

Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Thanks for the ack.
  
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Ping me if no one else merges the patch.
I would really appreciate if you merge this patch.
It's merged now. Thanks for the patch.

Best regards
Thomas
  
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Best regards
Thomas
Best regards,
-- 
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
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