Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:55:52 +1000 | From | Paul Mackerras <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/6] From: Andrew Morton <> |
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Andrew Morton writes:
> I still get crap all over the screen when xmon is tring to print something > (at least, I assume that's what causes it). See > http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/s5000334.jpg
That is because the nvidia console driver has changed the line pitch from what the firmware set it to. This should fix it by making the nvidia driver inform the btext engine (which xmon uses if the screen is its output device) about changes to display resolution.
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> --- diff --git a/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c b/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c index d4f8501..18b9101 100644 --- a/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c +++ b/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.c @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_OF #include <asm/prom.h> #include <asm/pci-bridge.h> #endif +#ifdef CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT +#include <asm/btext.h> +#endif #include "nv_local.h" #include "nv_type.h" @@ -681,6 +684,13 @@ #endif nvidia_vga_protect(par, 0); +#ifdef CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT + /* Update debug text engine */ + btext_update_display(info->fix.smem_start, + info->var.xres, info->var.yres, + info->var.bits_per_pixel, info->fix.line_length); +#endif + NVTRACE_LEAVE(); return 0; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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