Re: [PATCH] Revert "fbdev: Remove conflicting devices on PCI bus"

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Sat Feb 04 2023 - 11:23:18 EST


On Sat, Feb 04, 2023 at 09:50:18AM +0100, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 05:09:09PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This reverts commit 145eed48de278007f646b908fd70ac59d24ed81a.
> >
> > Zeno Davatz reported that 145eed48de27 ("fbdev: Remove conflicting devices
> > on PCI bus") caused a console hang. The machine was actually still usable
> > via ssh, etc., but there was no activity on the console.
> >
> > Reverting 145eed48de27 for the nvidiafb on that system fixed the problem.
> >
> > Revert 145eed48de27 ("fbdev: Remove conflicting devices on PCI bus") since
> > we don't know what caused the problem.
> >
> > Fixes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216859
>
> Shouldn't that rather be:
>
> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216859
> Fixes: 145eed48de27 ("fbdev: Remove conflicting devices on PCI bus")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v6.1+

Yes, of course, thank you, Lukas!