273492 – sys-kernel/gentoo-sources: uvesafb doesn't work with CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G

Bug 273492 - sys-kernel/gentoo-sources: uvesafb doesn't work with CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G

Summary: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources: uvesafb doesn't work with CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G

Status:	RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers

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Reported:	2009-06-10 09:56 UTC by bug-fff
Modified:	2009-07-31 00:10 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description bug-fff 2009-06-10 09:56:19 UTC

uvesafb don't work in combination with kernel config 'High Memory Support (64GB)'
with '4GB' everything in uvesafb works fine.

versions:
sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.27-r8
sys-apps/v86d-0.1.9
dev-libs/klibc-1.5.12-r1





Reproducible: Always




dmesg shows:
v86d[870]: segfault at c0ee4 ip 00000ee4 sp 00000ffa error 15 in mem[0+1000]
255 uvesafb: Getting VBE info block failed (eax=0x4f00, err=1)
256 uvesafb: vbe_init() failed with -22
257 uvesafb: probe of uvesafb.0 failed with error -22

Comment 1 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-06-13 20:56:51 UTC

bug-fff, no need to CC yourself when you're the reporter of a bug.

Comment 2 George Kadianakis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-06-15 13:05:48 UTC

Can you try reproducing this on the latest development gentoo-sources (2.6.30-r1)?

Thanks

Comment 3 Mike Pagano gentoo-dev

2009-07-31 00:10:44 UTC

Please feel free to reopen when you've had time to test the latest 2.6.30-rX kernel