Re: No offb in kernel-image-2.4.16-powerpc

[Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct@mit.edu>]

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 08:46:26AM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
>
> > Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> >
> > > Unfortunately, like 2.4.12, although CONFIG_FB_OF=y, it behaves as if 
> > > there is no offb!
> > Found the problem.  In offb_init(), somewhere between 2.4.8 and 2.4.12, 
> > the normal bootx way to initialize the video has been surrounded by
> > #ifdef CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT
> > which is not set in the Debian kernel-image packages.
> >
> > I'm not going to suggest that we reinstate that flag (just reread the 
> > archives, particularly from this past February, not a good thing).  But 
> > in general, why is that test there?  Do the tests for bootx at the start 
> > of that function (prom_num_displays == 0 && boot_infos != 0) not work?
> >
> > In summary, is BootX/ofonly going to be unsupported by the Debian 
> > kernel-image packages, or is there some way to make it work?
> Checking back on this bug... This code still appears to be there. Have
> you talked to Ben about this?
No.  I wrote to linuxppc-dev way back in December 10-13, thread "Why 
require CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT for so much of offb?", and Tom Rini and Peter 
Bergner seemed to agree that it wasn't necessary.

Ben reads this list, right?
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-Adam P.

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