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Bug#289810: same fix as in 2.6.9



On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 07:01:29PM -0800, Itai Seggev wrote:
> This bug is exactly the same as bug 282234 in 2.6.9, and it has the
> same fix. You need to edit drivers/video/vesafb.c and move line 480
> (which reads "module_init(vesafb_init);") outside of the #ifdef
> MODULE. I move it up to line 474 and everything works just
> fine. Perhaps the debian patch can be fixed so it no longer moves this
> line into the ifdef? (it's not in the pristine sources)

Thanks for the feedback.

That change is most likely introduced by a patch included 
by debian to make vesafb modular. This is known not to work
with several cards, and is planned to be removed. However,
as this will liklely effect how mkinitrd works, this is being
done somewhat cautiously.

-- 
Horms



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