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Re: Auto-loading lxfb on OLPC XO systems



On Sat, 2013-04-20 at 03:28 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
[x86 XO systems need a framebuffer driver which udev blacklists]
> This will result in a regression when upgrading one of these systems
> from squeeze.  (Although I don't think Debian kernel images have ever
> had complete support for them.)
> 
> I've opened bug #705784 for this against udev, and Marco has said he's
> willing for me to NMU it.  Alternately, in the kernel, I can revert the
> change to a module, or rename the module to evade the blacklist, but
> neither of those is particularly nice.  But I think any kernel changes
> now are going to be too disruptive to the installer.

A udev change might still be considered too disruptive in any case;
CCing Cyril to see if he has any strong opinions.

Regards,

Adam


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