Re: 2.6.5-rc3-ben0 freezes on old iBook
On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 15:58, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > possible as modules. The idea was to build only offb into the kernel,
> > > and load the accelerated framebuffers as modules if desired.
> > > Unfortunately, this didn't work out for radeonfb, aty128fb and atyfb,
> > > and I am still testing rivafb but strongly suspect it is not going to
> > > work as a module either.
> >
> > Yes, unfortunately, IDE and fbdev's arent" good module citizens at this
> > point. This will get better over time (read 2.7 :)
>
> Only for powerpc, or in general?
In general, though it's made worse on ppc for various reasons
> Maybe you need at least one full featured fbdev built in, and offb just
> doesn't qualify (no way to give up virtual consoles)?
There is no proper giveup mecanism between offb and another fbdev
> I´m glad to hear something is being done about IDE though. I'm really
> missing the hotplug features of the mediabay drives on other machines.
> Speaking of IDE: 2.6 still has a bug WRT mediabay and defvs on device
> removal - even with no media inserted, the mediabay remove triggers a
> devfs device remove for a nonexisting device. Panic().
Ah... well, devfs is evil :) Still, a full report with trace etc..
to lkml would be useful (CC me)
Ben.
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