radeon_fbdev_river_fbdev: failed to initialize framebuffer and setup emulation

[Mario Limonciello]

On 8/8/25 2:36 AM, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
> 
> On 07 August 2025 at 04:21 pm, Limonciello, Mario <Mario.Limonciello at amd.com> wrote:
> 
> Does applying
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0
> help?
> 
> - - -
> 
> Hello Mario,
> 
> Thanks a lot for your patch.
> 
> I tested it today but unfortunately it doesn’t solve the issue with the Radeon framebuffer.
> 
> I have created two kernels with and without the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1] because of the issue with the Radeon graphics framebuffer device #15. [2]
> 
> Download and further information: https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/releases/tag/v6.17.0-alpha5
> 
> I have tested both kernels this week and I can definitely confirm, that the issue is somewhere in the commit drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1].
> 
> The Radeon graphics framebuffer doesn't work with the kernel with the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1]. Without these updates, the framebuffer works.
> 
> I bisected yesterday. [2]
> 
> There are some other user reports:
> 
> - https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?p=60606#p60606
> - https://forum.hyperion-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?p=60595#p60595
> 
> They use other Radeon graphics chips.
> 
> @All
> Please check the drm-next-2025-07-30 updates [1]
> 
> Thanks,
> Christian
> 
> [1] https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=260f6f4fda93c8485c8037865c941b42b9cba5d2
> 
> [2] https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels/issues/15
> 

I think there is a mistake in your bisect, which I notice from looking 
at your other user reports.

The original commit you identified in your bisect and thus CC'ed me came 
in 6.16-rc1.

❯ git describe --contains 4d4c10f763d7808fbade28d83d237411603bca05
v6.16-rc1~50^2~19^2

There absolutely was a regression for that was raised, but this was 
fixed in 6.16-rc3.

❯ git describe --contains 907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0
v6.16-rc3~13^2~1

Users in your forums posts talk about 6.16 final working fine.  So I 
think that when you bisected you ran into multiple confounding issues 
and replicated in a similar fashion.  You should check every single 
bisect step to see if 4d4c10f763d7808fbade28d83d237411603bca05 is 
applied.  If it's applied but 907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0 
is not applied in that step you should apply 
907a7a2e5bf40c6a359b2f6cc53d6fdca04009e0.

Hopefully that will get you down to the real cause.