Messages in this thread | | | From | Rob Herring <> | Date | Tue, 11 Jul 2023 11:05:24 -0600 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] of: Preserve "of-display" device name for compatibility |
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On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 9:46 AM Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> wrote: > > On 7/11/23 08:00, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > > > > > > Am 10.07.23 um 19:40 schrieb Rob Herring: > >> Since commit 241d2fb56a18 ("of: Make OF framebuffer device names unique"), > >> as spotted by Frédéric Bonnard, the historical "of-display" device is > >> gone: the updated logic creates "of-display.0" instead, then as many > >> "of-display.N" as required. > >> > >> This means that offb no longer finds the expected device, which prevents > >> the Debian Installer from setting up its interface, at least on ppc64el. > >> > >> Fix this by keeping "of-display" for the first device and "of-display.N" > >> for subsequent devices. > >> > >> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217328 > >> Link: https://bugs.debian.org/1033058 > >> Fixes: 241d2fb56a18 ("of: Make OF framebuffer device names unique") > >> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > >> Cc: Cyril Brulebois <cyril@debamax.com> > >> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> > >> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> > >> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> > > > > Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> > > Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> > > Who will pick up that patch? > Shall I take it via fbdev git tree?
I'll take it. I've got other fixes queued up already.
Rob
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