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Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Fw: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9822] New: mdacon
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert () linux-m68k ! org>
Date: 2008-01-27 9:29:48
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.64.0801271029010.6515 () anakin
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On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:00:42 -0800 (PST)
> From: bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org
> To: bugme-new@lists.osdl.org
> Subject: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9822] New: mdacon messing up console on hw w/o MDA adapter
>
>
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9822
>
> Summary: mdacon messing up console on hw w/o MDA adapter
> Product: Drivers
> Version: 2.5
> KernelVersion: 2.6.24 and before
> Platform: All
> OS/Version: Linux
> Tree: Mainline
> Status: NEW
> Severity: low
> Priority: P1
> Component: Console/Framebuffers
> AssignedTo: jsimmons@infradead.org
> ReportedBy: devzero@web.de
>
>
> Latest working kernel version: didn`t try before
> Earliest failing kernel version: don`t know, but may exist for a long time
> Distribution: openSuSE
> Hardware Environment: various (e.g. FSC Scenic T 1Ghz i815 PC, FSC Lifebook,
> VMware Workstation)
> Software Environment: -
>
> Problem Description:
> loading mdacon on a system without MDA adapter screws up the console window. i
> cannot use it afterwards. i would have expected some "no mda adapter found" and
> a clean exit afterwards.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> modprobe mdacon
>
> also see:
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120082731013963&w=2
> http://uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0203.3/0524.html
>
>
> same issue with cfag12864bfb. behaviour is a little bit different, but console
> is also unusable afterwards.
Cfag12864bfb uses a plain platform device, which doesn't seem to do any
checking for the presence of the appropriate hardware.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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-- Linus Torvalds
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