Bug#826629: [powerpc] fb-modules package : add radeon driver
forwarded 826629 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96423
retitle 826629 radeonfb should be able to kick out offb
tags 826629 upstream
thanks
On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> Control: tag -1 moreinfo
>
> On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 11:04 +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>> Package: src:linux
>> Version: 4.5.5-1
>>
>> This is an attempt to resolve the symptoms from #825840 (1). As
>> explain in this bug report, debian-installer is trying to use radeonfb
>> on PowerPC. However two things happen:
>>
>> 1. At startup Framebuffer is setup by Open Firmware (OFfb)
>> 2. radeonfb currently does not support 'unloading' existing /dev/fb0
>>
>> While it would make sense for radeonfb to take over Open Firmware, it
>> is currently not implemented (2). So an alternate solution would be to
>> use the 'radeon' driver instead.
>>
>> I have been reading #782058 and #748398, and if I understand correctly
>> debian-installer does not *explicitly* load 'radeonfb', instead this
>> is done by `fb-modules-4.5.0-2-powerpc-di`. In which case I'd like to
>> request that `radeon` be also added to the list of module for PowerPC.
>
> This couldbe problematic because of the need for firmware in many
> cases. Having said that, the radeon driver is already used in some
> other installer configurations, so maybe it will work.
>
> Are there any problems with radeonfb other than #825840? Because I
> think that is not nearly serious enough to justify taking the risk of
> changing to radeon.
Point taken, I've reported it upstream. With a little bit of luck this
is a one-liner.
-M
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