> With the Radeon framebuffer driver compiled in, 2.5.70-bk15 oopses very
> early during the boot process. The oops is visible in text mode but
> scrolls off the screen. (I really need to set up a serial console!)
If you see the oops that is good thing. That means the framebuffer driver
works.
> [thoffman@torrey fb]$ pwd
> /home/archive/Kernels/linux-2.5.70-bk15/Documentation/fb
> [thoffman@torrey fb]$ grep radeon *
> [thoffman@torrey fb]$
>
> There is not a single mention of the radeon driver under Documentation!
> Even a 20 line note explaining what the kernel command line format is
> would be nice.
No :-(
> PS: Mr. Simmons, I really appreciate your work on the framebuffer and
> console subsystem. To make it easier for people to find you, perhaps a
> little patch to update your email addresses throughout the code would be
> worth while? A quick grep under drivers/video turns up four different
> addresses in about a dozen files, hopefully I am sending this email to a
> current address:
>
> jsimmons@users.sf.net
> jsimmons@linux-fbdev.org
> jsimmons@infradead.org
> jsimmons@transvirtual.com
Good point. I will update everything.
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