Bug#281248: pm2fb does not work

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 08:48:48AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 02:46:27PM +0900, Horms wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 01:28:00PM -0500, Clint Adams wrote:
> > > Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-sparc64
> > > Version: 2.6.8-3
> > > 
> > > The Permedia2 framebuffer driver does not work on a SB100.  It works in
> > > kernel-image-2.4.26-sparc64.
> > 
> > Could you be a little more specific about the mode of failure?
> > Does the same problem manifest with 2.6.9 or 2.6.7?
> 
> I believe that the permedia2 fbdev was never really adapted to the 2.6 fbdev
> infrastructure. I may be wrong though.

Clint, since last year pm2fb seems to be under active maintenance again. Do
you still own that machine, does it work for you with current kernels, such
as the 2.6.24 kernel from Etch 4.0r4 or the Lenny kernel?

Cheers,
        Moritz