[PATCH 07/14] drm/mgag200: Replace simple-KMS with regular atomic helpers

[Jocelyn Falempe]

On 25/04/2023 17:03, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> (cc'ing dri-devel, Jocelyn and Sam)
> 
> Hi Phil,
> 
> I've put dri-devel into cc, which is the developer's mailing list. It's 
> the first time I hear about this bug.

Thanks for pointing this to me, I will take a look at it.

-- 

Jocelyn
> 
> Am 25.04.23 um 16:25 schrieb kernel at linuxace.com:
>> Hi Thomas,
>>
>> I have been trying to track down why we lost console on our Dell 
>> servers since
>> switching to kernel 6.1, and finally narrowed it down to the commit 
>> referenced
>> in the subject (1baf9127c482).  If I boot kernel 1baf9127c482, I will 
>> have
>> no console at all on my servers.  Booting the prior kernel 
>> (4f4dc37e374c) restores
>> console.  The server I am testing on has a G200EH card.
>>
>> There is a bug report about this (not opened by me) here:
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2171155
>>
>> but I'm not sure if RedHat bugzilla is the best place to report this.  
>> Any
>> suggestions for a better place?  I'm available for any testing.  I've 
>> already
>> tried simply reverting this commit from 6.1 but it does not reverse 
>> cleanly
>> given all the other MGA changes made after this specific commit.  Any
>> guidance you could provide is appreciated.
> 
> You cannot really revert it, as it's too old already. But could you 
> please try the latest developer tree from
> 
>    git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-tip
> 
> The branch is drm-tip. Maybe the bug has been fixed meanwhile. If this 
> also doesn't work, we can take a closer look at the changes.
> 
> Best regards
> Thomas
> 
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Phil
>