Re: [stable] Regression in 2.6.32.2: radeon KMS hangs system

From: Michael Tokarev
Date: Sun Dec 20 2009 - 15:39:57 EST


Johannes Hirte wrote:
> With 2.6.32.2 the system hangs completely with black screen when modprobing
> radeon with modeset=1. I was able to connect via ssh, but after entering the
> password nothing happend. I didn't got a prompt. Only SysRq worked. I've
> tracked it down to the following patch:
>
> From 500b758725314ab1b5316eb0caa5b0fa26740e6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:46:52 -0500
> Subject: drm/radeon/kms: handle vblanks properly with dpms on

Confirmed here on amd780g chipset. I was about to debug/bisect the issue
right when the email arrived. Reverting this patch makes my system bootable
again.

/mjt

> From: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> commit 500b758725314ab1b5316eb0caa5b0fa26740e6b upstream.
>
> avivo chips
>
> Copied from pre-avivo code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
...
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