Bug#993640: Please turn on the SimpleDRM driver in 5.14
On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 11:04:18 -0400 nerdopolis <bluescreen_avenger@verizon.net> wrote:
> SimpleDRM is cool and it works. Should make supporting Wayland way easier.
> I think it should be turned on
>
> Of course the bootloader needs to be correctly configured, and I couldn't figure out
> how to get syslinux to work correctly with it, but it works great with Grub.
>
> On Fri, 03 Sep 2021 23:45:28 -0400 nerdopolis <bluescreen_avenger@verizon.net> wrote:
> > Subject: linux-image-amd64: Please turn on the SimpleDRM driver in 5.14
> > Package: linux-image-amd64
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: bluescreen_avenger@verizon.net
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > Please turn on CONFIG_SIMPLE_DRM and CONFIG_X86_SYSFB
> > for 32/64 bit x86. SimpleDRM allows a /dev/dri/card0 to exist even in
> > lesser supported video cards, which makes it easy for Wayland based
> > display servers, as well as potential things like KMSCon
> >
> > I am reporting from Debian Stable, which explains why my kernel version
> > generated by reportbug doesn't match 5.14, but I would like to see this
> > enabled in the future please.
> >
> >
> > -- System Information:
> > Debian Release: 11.0
> > APT prefers stable
> > APT policy: (500, 'stable')
> > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> >
> > Kernel: Linux 5.10.61 (SMP w/1 CPU thread)
> > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
> > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
> > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
> >
> > Versions of packages linux-image-amd64 depends on:
> > pn linux-image-5.10.0-8-amd64 <none>
> >
> > linux-image-amd64 recommends no packages.
> >
> > linux-image-amd64 suggests no packages.
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It could probably be turned on with
diff --git a/debian/config/kernelarch-x86/config b/debian/config/kernelarch-x86/config
index 95359e18e..594d05f4a 100644
--- a/debian/config/kernelarch-x86/config
+++ b/debian/config/kernelarch-x86/config
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION=y
## file: arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
##
# CONFIG_PROCESSOR_SELECT is not set
+CONFIG_X86_SYSFB=y
##
## file: arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -608,6 +609,11 @@ CONFIG_DRM_GMA500=m
CONFIG_DRM_I2C_CH7006=m
CONFIG_DRM_I2C_SIL164=m
+##
+## file drives/gpu/drm/tiny/Kconfig
+##
+CONFIG_DRM_SIMPLEDRM=m
+
##
## file: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
##
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