Messages in this thread | | | From | Frans Pop <> | Subject | Re: fb layer & ioremap_wc | Date | Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:42:15 +0200 |
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On Monday 05 May 2008, Jesse Barnes wrote: > On Monday, May 05, 2008 11:59 am Frans Pop wrote: > > On Monday 05 May 2008, you wrote: > > > On Monday, May 05, 2008 10:32 am Frans Pop wrote: > > > > I suspect it could be vesafb/fbcon related instead. Normally I > > > > boot my system with 'quiet vga=791', i.e. with vesafb. I then see > > > > the artifacts. > > > > > > > > When I boot with 'video=vfb:off', I do _not_ get the artifacts > > > > when X exits. > > > > > > Ahhh, I missed that part of your config. That could definitely > > > have an effect on things... You'll probably want something like > > > the attached > > > > Not sure what to make of this. > > With your patch I still get the artifacts, but they are displayed a > > lot shorter. I get only a flash instead of a-2 seconds. > > Hm, so I guess some other user is still using UC on the region. [Note > to fb list: the patch just made vesafb use ioremap_wc instead of > ioremap).
AFAIK there has been no progress on this issue, which is now listed on the regression list for .26 [1]. As there has been no response from any fb devs, is someone else maybe willing to have a closer look at this?
I'm still seeing the artifacts with -rc6 and the severity seems to depend on what was last displayed: sometimes the whole display is covered with colored nonsense, artistic maybe but not desired...
Cheers, FJP
[1] http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10843
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