Re: [PATCH 1/2] fbdev/offb: Update expected device name

From: Helge Deller
Date: Sat Apr 22 2023 - 05:50:40 EST


On 4/12/23 11:55, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
Since commit 241d2fb56a18 ("of: Make OF framebuffer device names unique"),
as spotted by Frédéric Bonnard, the historical "of-display" device is
gone: the updated logic creates "of-display.0" instead, then as many
"of-display.N" as required.

This means that offb no longer finds the expected device, which prevents
the Debian Installer from setting up its interface, at least on ppc64el.

It might be better to iterate on all possible nodes, but updating the
hardcoded device from "of-display" to "of-display.0" is confirmed to fix
the Debian Installer at the very least.

Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217328
Link: https://bugs.debian.org/1033058
Fixes: 241d2fb56a18 ("of: Make OF framebuffer device names unique")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Cyril Brulebois <cyril@xxxxxxxxxxx>

I've applied the series (2 patches, one of them in drm) to the fbdev git tree.

Thanks!
Helge

---
drivers/video/fbdev/offb.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/offb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/offb.c
index b97d251d894b..6264c7184457 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/offb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/offb.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, offb_of_match_display);

static struct platform_driver offb_driver_display = {
.driver = {
- .name = "of-display",
+ .name = "of-display.0",
.of_match_table = offb_of_match_display,
},
.probe = offb_probe_display,