Re: [PATCH 4.18 74/88] drm/atomic: Use drm_drv_uses_atomic_modeset() for debugfs creation

[Holger HoffstÃtte]

On 09/27/18 14:37, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 12:43:33PM +0200, Holger HoffstÃtte wrote:
> > On 09/27/18 11:03, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > 4.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > >
> > > ------------------
> > >
> > > From: Lyude Paul <lyude@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > commit 3c499ea0c662e2f38aafbd4f516b08aab8cfa0e5 upstream.
> > >
> > > As pointed out by Daniel Vetter, we should be usinng
> > > drm_drv_uses_atomic_modeset() for determining whether or not we want to
> > > make the debugfs nodes for atomic instead of checking DRIVER_ATOMIC, as
> > > the former isn't an accurate representation of whether or not the driver
> > > is actually using atomic modesetting internally (even though it might
> > > not be exposing atomic capabilities).
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Reviewed-by: Sean Paul <seanpaul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20180917173733.21293-1-lyude@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This patch breaks switching the console to high resolution during boot on my
> > workstation with a Radeon card; it worked fine with 4.18.10 and reverting it
> > fixes the problem:
>
> Is 4.19-rc5 also a problem?

No, 4.19-rc5 with the same config works fine and properly switches the
console during boot.

Interestingly another machine with i915 chip seemed to work fine with this
patch included (rebooted that one first), so it might well be related to
different motherboard/chipset or the Radeon card (an admittedly old, but
otherwise completely functional fanless r600).

I'll try to find more clues, but for now that's all I got.

Holger