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| author | Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> | 2013-11-06 22:38:59 (GMT) |
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| committer | Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> | 2013-11-07 21:46:20 (GMT) |
| commit | 0219132fe7c26574371232b50db085573f6fbd3f (patch) | |
| tree | 48e186aff406365fe45922b9b0bc06e7ef4cc7f9 /drivers/video/stifb.c | |
| parent | 1f2048fd8bc4219db821611da305a74f4b72b3c3 (diff) | |
| download | linux-0219132fe7c26574371232b50db085573f6fbd3f.tar.xz | |
parisc: sticon - unbreak on 64bit kernel
STI text console (sticon) was broken on 64bit machines with more than
4GB RAM and this lead in some cases to a kernel crash.
Since sticon uses the 32bit STI API it needs to keep pointers to memory
below 4GB. But on a 64bit kernel some memory regions (e.g. the kernel
stack) might be above 4GB which then may crash the kernel in the STI
functions.
Additionally sticon didn't selected the built-in framebuffer fonts by
default. This is now fixed.
On a side-note: Theoretically we could enhance the sticon driver to
use the 64bit STI API. But - beside the fact that some machines don't
provide a 64bit STI ROM - this would just add complexity.
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.8+
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/video/stifb.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/video/stifb.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/stifb.c b/drivers/video/stifb.c index 876648e..019a1fe 100644 --- a/drivers/video/stifb.c +++ b/drivers/video/stifb.c @@ -1101,6 +1101,7 @@ static int __init stifb_init_fb(struct sti_struct *sti, int bpp_pref) var = &info->var; fb->sti = sti; + dev_name = sti->sti_data->inq_outptr.dev_name; /* store upper 32bits of the graphics id */ fb->id = fb->sti->graphics_id[0]; @@ -1114,11 +1115,11 @@ static int __init stifb_init_fb(struct sti_struct *sti, int bpp_pref) Since this driver only supports standard mode, we check if the device name contains the string "DX" and tell the user how to reconfigure the card. */ - if (strstr(sti->outptr.dev_name, "DX")) { + if (strstr(dev_name, "DX")) { printk(KERN_WARNING "WARNING: stifb framebuffer driver does not support '%s' in double-buffer mode.\n" "WARNING: Please disable the double-buffer mode in IPL menu (the PARISC-BIOS).\n", - sti->outptr.dev_name); + dev_name); goto out_err0; } /* fall though */ @@ -1130,7 +1131,7 @@ static int __init stifb_init_fb(struct sti_struct *sti, int bpp_pref) break; default: printk(KERN_WARNING "stifb: '%s' (id: 0x%08x) not supported.\n", - sti->outptr.dev_name, fb->id); + dev_name, fb->id); goto out_err0; } @@ -1154,7 +1155,6 @@ static int __init stifb_init_fb(struct sti_struct *sti, int bpp_pref) fb->id = S9000_ID_A1659A; break; case S9000_ID_TIMBER: /* HP9000/710 Any (may be a grayscale device) */ - dev_name = fb->sti->outptr.dev_name; if (strstr(dev_name, "GRAYSCALE") || strstr(dev_name, "Grayscale") || strstr(dev_name, "grayscale")) @@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ static int __init stifb_init_fb(struct sti_struct *sti, int bpp_pref) var->xres, var->yres, var->bits_per_pixel, - sti->outptr.dev_name, + dev_name, fb->id, fix->mmio_start); |