Matrox FB problem in latest 2.4.21-rc1-BK

Hello,

I just compiled 2.4.21-rc1 + bk cset-1.1137, and now the Matrox framebuffer always starts in 640x480 mode, whatever the mode I tell it. Moreover, fbset returns "ioctl: FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: invalid argument". This is on a G400, and still works correctly on 2.4.21-rc1, so the problem really is within the latest BK changes. I don't understand, since this cset doesn't contain matrox changes, and no FB changes except intel's !

This is on a dual Athlon-XP 1800, Asus A7M266-D, 512 MB RAM, G400 video card.

I will try to revert changes one by one, but by the time, here is my epurated .config (# lines removed). I append "video=matrox:vesa:0x107" to the cmdline.

Cheers,
Willy

CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_UID16=y
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y
CONFIG_MK7=y
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=6
CONFIG_X86_HAS_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_3DNOW=y
CONFIG_X86_PGE=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
CONFIG_X86_F00F_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_MCE=y
CONFIG_X86_MSR=y
CONFIG_X86_CPUID=y
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
CONFIG_MTRR=y
CONFIG_SMP=y
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_PM=y
CONFIG_APM=y
CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND=y
CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y
CONFIG_PARPORT=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_CML1=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_SUPERIO=y
CONFIG_PNP=y
CONFIG_ISAPNP=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP=y
CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y
CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
CONFIG_FILTER=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_FWMARK=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_NAT=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_TOS=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_LARGE_TABLES=y
CONFIG_NET_IPIP=m
CONFIG_NET_IPGRE=m
CONFIG_INET_ECN=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_FTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_AMANDA=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TFTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_IRC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_QUEUE=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LIMIT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MAC=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_PKTTYPE=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MARK=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MULTIPORT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TOS=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_ECN=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_DSCP=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_AH_ESP=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LENGTH=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TTL=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TCPMSS=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_HELPER=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_STATE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_CONNTRACK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_UNCLEAN=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_OWNER=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REJECT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MIRROR=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_AMANDA=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_LOCAL=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_SNMP_BASIC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_IRC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_FTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_TFTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MANGLE=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TOS=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ECN=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_DSCP=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MARK=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_LOG=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ULOG=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TCPMSS=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPTABLES=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPFILTER=m
CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q=y
CONFIG_BRIDGE=m
CONFIG_NET_SCHED=y
CONFIG_NET_SCH_CBQ=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_HTB=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_CSZ=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_PRIO=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_RED=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_SFQ=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_TEQL=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_TBF=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_GRED=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_DSMARK=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_INGRESS=m
CONFIG_NET_QOS=y
CONFIG_NET_ESTIMATOR=y
CONFIG_NET_CLS=y
CONFIG_NET_CLS_TCINDEX=m
CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE4=m
CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE=y
CONFIG_NET_CLS_FW=m
CONFIG_NET_CLS_U32=m
CONFIG_NET_CLS_RSVP=m
CONFIG_NET_CLS_RSVP6=m
CONFIG_NET_CLS_POLICE=y
CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN=m
CONFIG_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y
CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
CONFIG_SD_EXTRA_DEVS=40
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
CONFIG_SR_EXTRA_DEVS=2
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_CMDS_PER_DEVICE=253
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY_MS=5000
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_DEBUG_MASK=0
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_REG_PRETTY_PRINT=y
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_BONDING=m
CONFIG_TUN=m
CONFIG_ETHERTAP=m
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_HAPPYMEAL=m
CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y
CONFIG_VORTEX=m
CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCNET32=m
CONFIG_ADAPTEC_STARFIRE=m
CONFIG_TULIP=m
CONFIG_TULIP_MWI=y
CONFIG_TULIP_MMIO=y
CONFIG_DE4X5=m
CONFIG_EEPRO100=m
CONFIG_E100=m
CONFIG_NE2K_PCI=m
CONFIG_8139TOO=m
CONFIG_SIS900=m
CONFIG_SUNDANCE=m
CONFIG_TC35815=m
CONFIG_VIA_RHINE=m
CONFIG_ACENIC=m
CONFIG_DL2K=m
CONFIG_E1000=m
CONFIG_TIGON3=m
CONFIG_INPUT=m
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV=m
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=m
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=m
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
CONFIG_LP_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_PPDEV=m
CONFIG_I2C=y
CONFIG_I2C_ALGOBIT=m
CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y
CONFIG_I2C_PROC=y
CONFIG_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
CONFIG_IPMI_HANDLER=m
CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y
CONFIG_I810_TCO=m
CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG=m
CONFIG_AMD7XX_TCO=m
CONFIG_AMD_RNG=m
CONFIG_INTEL_RNG=m
CONFIG_AMD_PM768=m
CONFIG_NVRAM=y
CONFIG_RTC=y
CONFIG_AGP=y
CONFIG_AGP_AMD=y
CONFIG_DRM=y
CONFIG_DRM_NEW=y
CONFIG_DRM_MGA=m
CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_I2C_PARPORT=m
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD=y
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
CONFIG_CRAMFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_RAMFS=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS=y
CONFIG_JFS_FS=m
CONFIG_MINIX_FS=y
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS=m
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_UDF_FS=m
CONFIG_UFS_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
CONFIG_NFSD=y
CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y
CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
CONFIG_LOCKD=y
CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS=y
CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL=y
CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_SUN_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1"
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=y
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G450=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_I2C=m
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MAVEN=m
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_PROC=m
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y
CONFIG_SOUND=m
CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI=m
CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI_CM8738=y
CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI_SPEAKERS=2
CONFIG_SOUND_EMU10K1=m
CONFIG_MIDI_EMU10K1=y
CONFIG_SOUND_ICH=m
CONFIG_USB=m
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=m
CONFIG_USB_OHCI=m
CONFIG_USB_AUDIO=m
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=m
CONFIG_USB_HID=m
CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y
CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=y
CONFIG_USB_KBD=m
CONFIG_USB_MOUSE=m
CONFIG_USB_PWC=m
CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y
CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE=m

Hi again,

OK I found it to be a typo in cset-1.1134 (intel fb fixes) which disabled CFB8. It now works with this patch. Christoph, you might also have the typo in your tree.

Cheers,
Willy

@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
 	   "$CONFIG_FB_PMAG_BA" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_FB_PMAGB_B" = "y" -o \
 	   "$CONFIG_FB_MAXINE" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_FB_TX3912" = "y" -o \
 	   "$CONFIG_FB_SIS" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_FB_NEOMAGIC" = "y" -o \
-	   "$CONFIG_FB_STI" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_FB_HP300" = "y" -o
+	   "$CONFIG_FB_STI" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_FB_HP300" = "y" -o \
 	   "$CONFIG_FB_INTEL" = "y" ]; then
 	 define_tristate CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8 y
       else

The patch below fixes another place in the same file:
I'm not sure whether the new "y"-o (no space) gets correctly parsed by all config tools, but the "$CONFIG_FB_STI" = "y" (not introduced by the recent patch) seems to be definitely wrong.

cu
Adrian

@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
 	   "$CONFIG_FB_PMAG_BA" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_FB_PMAGB_B" = "y" -o \
 	   "$CONFIG_FB_MAXINE" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_FB_TX3912" = "y" -o \
 	   "$CONFIG_FB_SIS" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_FB_NEOMAGIC" = "y" -o \
-	   "$CONFIG_FB_STI" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_FB_HP300" = "y" -o
+	   "$CONFIG_FB_STI" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_FB_HP300" = "y" -o \
 	   "$CONFIG_FB_INTEL" = "y" ]; then
 	 define_tristate CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8 y
       else

@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
 	      "$CONFIG_FB_3DFX" = "m" -o "$CONFIG_FB_RADEON" = "m" -o \
 	      "$CONFIG_FB_SGIVW" = "m" -o "$CONFIG_FB_SIS" = "m" -o \
 	      "$CONFIG_FB_PVR2" = "m" -o "$CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1" = "m" -o \
-	      "$CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000" = "m" -o "$CONFIG_FB_STI" = "y"-o \
+	      "$CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000" = "m" -o "$CONFIG_FB_STI" = "m" -o \
 	      "$CONFIG_FB_INTEL" = "m" ]; then
 	    define_tristate CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32 m
 	 fi

Yes, sorry for the typo.