[Intel-gfx] crash when loading intelfb on D945GSEJT board

[Oliver Seitz]

Hi.

I can not make intelfb run on intel board D945GSEJT. I've tried a very 
clean setup, here's what I've done:

 > Install a minimal debian squeeze (stable)

$ wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.37.tar.bz2
$ tar -xf linux-2.6.37.tar.bz2
$ cd linux-2-6-37
$ make defconfig

 > using "make menuconfig", I enabled "Configure standard features", 
disabled "i915", enabled as module "intelfb" with "intelfb_debug"

$ make
$ make modules_install
$ update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.37
$ make install
$ update-grub

When rebooting, the machine crashes in the init sequence by performing a 
reboot, over and over again. Starting the old kernel, I did:

$ echo "blacklist intelfb" >>/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf

Now, the machine boots to a working text mode.

$ modprobe intelfb idonly
FATAL: Error inserting intelfb (/path/to/module/intelfb.ko): No such device

The commands

$ modprobe intelfb probeonly
and
$ modprobe intelfb noregister

execute without error, the module is loaded

The commands

$ modprobe intelfb noinit
and
$ modprobe intelfb

lead to a crash by instant reboot.

Have I done something wrong, or is the 2.6.37 intelfb module broken?

Greets,
Kiste