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

[Bjorn Helgaas]

On Mon, Feb 06, 2023 at 06:59:40AM +1000, Dave Airlie wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Feb 2023 at 09:09, Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas at kernel.org> wrote:
> > From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas at google.com>
> >
> > 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.
> 
> Why is the user using nvidiafb?

I don't know, and of course, it really doesn't matter; we shouldn't
regress a user's experience, and there's no hint to the user of where
to look for a resolution.

Thanks for working out a better fix!

Bjorn