Re: Problematic Radeon fb on 2.5.63

Joshua Kwan (joshk@triplehelix.org)
Sat, 1 Mar 2003 22:57:13 -0800


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On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 04:09:09PM +0000, mk wrote:
> This is Radeon 7500 QW on a VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]

Cool.. I've got a:
radeonfb: ATI Radeon M6 LY DDR SGRAM 32 MB=20

> Cursor does not appear on console, fbset changes are most likely
> to cause screen corruption or just black screen and what must effect all
> fb graphics support, choosing an fbdriver and not fb console support, is
> an accepted option (at least on menuconfig) having as a result blank
> screen on boot.

Should an fbdriver depend on CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE then? It seems=20
wrong to me.

I have attached the fix for the cursor not appearing problem. James=20
already has it in his own tree, why isn't it getting pushed to=20
mainstream?

Regards
Josh

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--- linux/drivers/video/radeonfb.c-2.5.62 2003-01-03 01:31:42.000000000 +01=
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+++ linux/drivers/video/radeonfb.c 2003-02-18 12:13:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -2212,6 +2212,7 @@
.fb_copyarea =3D cfb_copyarea,
.fb_imageblit =3D cfb_imageblit,
#endif
+ .fb_cursor =3D soft_cursor,
};
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