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DateSat, 08 Oct 2005 13:56:06 +0200
FromManuel Lauss <>
SubjectRe: Modular i810fb broken, partial fix
Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
> Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>i810fb as a module is broken (checked with 2.6.13-mm3 and 2.6.14-rc2-mm1).
>>It compiles, but the module doesn't actually load because the kernel doesn't 
>>recognize the hardware (the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE statement is missing).
> 
> 
> 
>>The attached patch fixes this.
>>
>>However, the resulting module still doesn't work.
>>It loads, and then garbles the display (black screen with a couple of yellow 
>>lines, no matter what is written into the framebuffer device).
> 
> 
> Did you compile CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE statically, or did a modprobe fbcon?
> Does i810fb work if compiled statically?

I tried the module on my i815 laptop, after modprobe the module does nothing.
The call to pci_register_driver() returns 0, and thats it; the probe function
does not get called. Same thing with Bernhard's patch applied. No problems
when compiled-in. Kernel 2.6.14-rc2-mm1, AGP compiled in, no DRM.

thx,

-- 
  Manuel Lauss.
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