Summary: vesafb fails to initalize 1GB system memory and 128MB
video memory
Kernel Version: 2.5.63 - Current
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Owner: jsimmons@infradead.org
Submitter: crude@copymat.net
CC: crude@copymat.net
Distribution:
Gentoo Linux 1.4 profile w/ ARCH=~x86
Hardware Environment:
2xAthlon MP 1900+,Tyan 2462 (AMD 760MP), 1GB memory, VisionTek Gforce 4 Ti4600(128
MB)
Software Environment:
GCC 3.2.3, Glibc 2.3.2
Problem Description:
trying to use vesafb, and get blank screen (system boots normaly w/ exception of no
frambuffer) has something to do with failing to allopcate memory (ioremap i belive) this had
been present in 2.4 series as well, untill recently (at least in the ac sources, and
gentoo-sources)
Steps to reproduce: install 1GB of memory, and use a video card w/ 128MB memory and try
to use frambuffered console (I have seen behaviour on more than just my card.
I have ported the patch that I had used in the 2.4 series (before gentoo and ac picked it up)
please be kind as I am relativly new to this, and I hope this helps (btw I have been using this
patch since 2.5.63, w/ slight change at 2.5.67, on linus's kernel and on the mm tree, and have
had no troubles)
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diff -Naur linux-2.5.67/drivers/video/vesafb.c
linux-2.5.67-postpatch/drivers/video/vesafb.c
--- linux-2.5.67/drivers/video/vesafb.c 2003-04-16 13:29:54.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.5.67-postpatch/drivers/video/vesafb.c 2003-04-09 14:52:46.000000000 -0500
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
vesafb_defined.xres = screen_info.lfb_width;
vesafb_defined.yres = screen_info.lfb_height;
vesafb_fix.line_length = screen_info.lfb_linelength;
- vesafb_fix.smem_len = screen_info.lfb_size * 65536;
+ vesafb_fix.smem_len = screen_info.lfb_width * screen_info.lfb_height *
vesafb_defined.bits_per_pixel / 8;
vesafb_fix.visual = (vesafb_defined.bits_per_pixel == 8) ?
FB_VISUAL_PSEUDOCOLOR : FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR;
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please let me know what I can do better to make this easier on you....
Thanks for all your hard work, the 2.6 kernel is going to turn a lot of heads, been nothing but
impressed with the developmental branch
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