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authorAntonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com>2005-11-07 01:00:38 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2005-11-07 07:53:51 -0800
commitdd0314f7bb407bc4bdb3ea769b9c8a3a5d39ffd7 (patch)
tree474e589f2d9022f8ce63993e19069da273033e55 /drivers/video
parent3084a895c2a963cb9b32271061c832977ff7293c (diff)
[PATCH] fbcon: Initialize new driver when old driver is released
If machine has more than 1 driver installed, and they all drive the same hardware, it's possible that the driver's fb_release() method will attempt to restore the hardware state to the initial state. This will leave the new driver in an undefined state. To prevent this problem, initialize the new driver by calling fb_set_par() when the old driver is released by fbcon. Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas<adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/video')
-rw-r--r--drivers/video/console/fbcon.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
index e111a88612f..5ff51cd0a2a 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
@@ -630,6 +630,15 @@ static int con2fb_release_oldinfo(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *oldinfo,
kfree(oldinfo->fbcon_par);
oldinfo->fbcon_par = NULL;
module_put(oldinfo->fbops->owner);
+ /*
+ If oldinfo and newinfo are driving the same hardware,
+ the fb_release() method of oldinfo may attempt to
+ restore the hardware state. This will leave the
+ newinfo in an undefined state. Thus, a call to
+ fb_set_par() may be needed for the newinfo.
+ */
+ if (newinfo->fbops->fb_set_par)
+ newinfo->fbops->fb_set_par(newinfo);
}
return err;