Bug#538159: CONFIG_X86_PAT=y breaks bogl-bterm, d-i
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 04:47:37PM +0200, Joey Hess wrote:
> maximilian attems wrote:
> > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Joey Hess wrote:
> >
> > > The simplest fix seems to be to turn PAT off, especially since its
> > > Kconfig mentions that it can lead to "boot crash, boot hang,
> > > spontaneous reboots) or a non-working video driver".
> >
> > that was the case for <= 2.6.29,
>
> The quote above is from linus's git head.
the Kconfig text is a bit aged hasn't evolved since.
> > anyway for KMS you want PAT *on*.
> > so PAT enabled was a clear request by xorg maintainers.
>
> Perhaps the regression introduced by
> b6ff32d9aaeeeecf98f9a852d7155691835853 needs to be fixed then.
haven't looked at what bogl tries to do,
but yes please report on bugzilla.kernel.org
verified that fedora ships with PAT enabled too.
> > maybe d-i should try to KMS?
>
> d-i uses vgafb16, so unlikely.
kms and fb seem not be good friends. ;)
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