[PATCH 1/2] drm: mcde: Fix display initialization problem

Linus Walleij linus.walleij at linaro.org
Sun Jun 14 21:29:43 UTC 2020


On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 9:44 AM Sam Ravnborg <sam at ravnborg.org> wrote:

> Hi Linus.
>
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 12:30:26AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > The following bug appeared in the MCDE driver/display
> > initialization during the recent merge window.
> >
> > First the place we call drm_fbdev_generic_setup() in the
> > wrong place: this needs to be called AFTER calling
> > drm_dev_register() else we get this splat:
> >
> >  ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at ../drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c:2198 drm_fbdev_generic_setup+0x164/0x1a8
> > mcde a0350000.mcde: Device has not been registered.
> > Modules linked in:
> > Hardware name: ST-Ericsson Ux5x0 platform (Device Tree Support)
> > [<c010e704>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c010a86c>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
> > [<c010a86c>] (show_stack) from [<c0414f38>] (dump_stack+0x9c/0xb0)
> > [<c0414f38>] (dump_stack) from [<c0121c8c>] (__warn+0xb8/0xd0)
> > [<c0121c8c>] (__warn) from [<c0121d18>] (warn_slowpath_fmt+0x74/0xb8)
> > [<c0121d18>] (warn_slowpath_fmt) from [<c04b154c>] (drm_fbdev_generic_setup+0x164/0x1a8)
> > [<c04b154c>] (drm_fbdev_generic_setup) from [<c04ed278>] (mcde_drm_bind+0xc4/0x160)
> > [<c04ed278>] (mcde_drm_bind) from [<c04f06b8>] (try_to_bring_up_master+0x15c/0x1a4)
> > (...)
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
>
> Yup, this is the right way to do it.
>
> Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam at ravnborg.org>

Hm I can't seem to apply these because drm-misc-fixes isn't
rebased to v5.8-rc1 or something (wrong ancestor).

Does anyone know if ther is a special trick for this or do I
need to wait for someone else to rebase that branch?

Yours,
Linus Walleij


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