Revert "drivers/firmware: Move sysfb_init() from device_initcall to subsys_initcall_sync"
authorThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Tue, 23 Jan 2024 12:09:26 +0000 (13:09 +0100)
committerThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Wed, 24 Jan 2024 16:03:44 +0000 (17:03 +0100)
commitd1b163aa0749706379055e40a52cf7a851abf9dc
tree655b3fc1827acbe724a8c37bc64c17d053d9de50
parent1a84c213146a06aca1fd0e5b376ab7d36d15e1b3
Revert "drivers/firmware: Move sysfb_init() from device_initcall to subsys_initcall_sync"

This reverts commit 60aebc9559492cea6a9625f514a8041717e3a2e4.

Commit 60aebc9559492cea ("drivers/firmware: Move sysfb_init() from
device_initcall to subsys_initcall_sync") messes up initialization order
of the graphics drivers and leads to blank displays on some systems. So
revert the commit.

To make the display drivers fully independent from initialization
order requires to track framebuffer memory by device and independently
from the loaded drivers. The kernel currently lacks the infrastructure
to do so.

Reported-by: Jaak Ristioja <jaak@ristioja.ee>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/ZUnNi3q3yB3zZfTl@P70.localdomain/T/#t
Reported-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20231108024613.2898921-1-chenhuacai@loongson.cn/
Closes: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/-/issues/10133
Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Cc: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
Cc: Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@leemhuis.info>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.5+
Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20240123120937.27736-1-tzimmermann@suse.de
drivers/firmware/sysfb.c