[Cbe-oss-dev] intermittend ps3fb problem with 2.6.29-rc2 on ps3

[Stefan Wald]

unfortunately i don't know how to install a strip image :-(
but in the meantime i got hold of a second ps3 with the same firmware level
2.6.0, and the latest 2.6.29-rc3 works without any problems on this ps3.
the working ps3 is made in china, the non-working made in japan :-) (same
age code A7).
so, either one ps3 has an intermittend hw problem or not all hw revisions
are supported correctly.
again: the problem seems to occur when kboot or petitboot invokes the
kernel and the kernel inits the hdmi interface for the first time. (hope i
got this correctly.) sometimes it works, often it doesn't. by the way: on
the other hdmi end is a sony bravia lcd... so don't blame the lcd ;-)
i haven't seen the problem with 2.6.26 or 2.6.27 kernels. it starts with
2.6.28...
if i remember correctly i saw some hdmi changes coming in with 2.6.28 (some
audio stuff over hdmi???)
is there a way i can try to backport the old driver to 2.6.29? how?
thanks,
stefan,

cbe-oss-dev-bounces+wald=de.ibm.com at ozlabs.org wrote on 01/30/2009 02:35:11
AM:

> [image removed]
>
> Re: [Cbe-oss-dev] intermittend ps3fb problem with 2.6.29-rc2 on ps3:
>
> Geoff Levand
>
> to:
>
> Stefan Wald
>
> 01/30/2009 02:37 AM
>
> Sent by:
>
> cbe-oss-dev-bounces+wald=de.ibm.com at ozlabs.org
>
> Cc:
>
> Geert Uytterhoeven, cbe-oss-dev.
>
> Stefan Wald wrote:
> > cbe-oss-dev-bounces+wald=de.ibm.com at ozlabs.org wrote on 01/27/2009
06:17:51
> > PM:
> >
> >> [image removed]
> >>
> >> Re: [Cbe-oss-dev] intermittend ps3fb problem with 2.6.29-rc2 on ps3:
> >>
> >> Geert Uytterhoeven
> >>
> >> to:
> >>
> >> Stefan Wald
> >>
> >> 01/27/2009 06:20 PM
> >>
> >> Sent by:
> >>
> >> cbe-oss-dev-bounces+wald=de.ibm.com at ozlabs.org
> >>
> >> Cc:
> >>
> >> cbe-oss-dev
> >>
> >> On Mon, 26 Jan 2009, Stefan Wald wrote:
> >> > with 2.6.29-rc2 i'm getting lots of those messages after boot
> >> > intermittedly. ps3fb is not working then.
> >> > video mode is 1080i 60 hz.
> >> >
> >> > ps3fb ioc0_01: ps3fb_sync_image: lv1_gpu_context_attribute FB_BLIT
> >> failed: -24
> >> > ps3fb ioc0_01: ps3fb_sync_image: lv1_gpu_context_attribute FB_BLIT
> >> failed: -24
> >> > ps3fb ioc0_01: ps3fb_sync_image: lv1_gpu_context_attribute FB_BLIT
> >> failed: -24
> >> > ps3fb ioc0_01: ps3fb_sync_image: lv1_gpu_context_attribute FB_BLIT
> >> failed: -24
> >> > ps3fb ioc0_01: ps3fb_sync_image: lv1_gpu_context_attribute FB_BLIT
> >> failed: -24
> >> > ps3fb ioc0_01: ps3fb_sync_image: lv1_gpu_context_attribute FB_BLIT
> >> failed: -24
> >> > ps3fb ioc0_01: ps3fb_sync_image: lv1_gpu_context_attribute FB_BLIT
> >> failed: -24
> >> > ps3fb ioc0_01: ps3fb_sync_image: lv1_gpu_context_attribute FB_BLIT
> >> failed: -24
> >> > ps3fb ioc0_01: ps3fb_sync_image: lv1_gpu_context_attribute FB_BLIT
> >> failed: -24
> >>
> >> -24 is LV1_HARDWARE ERRROR.
> >>
> >> Which firmware version (PS3 system software, "dmesg | grep
firmware"will
> > tell
> >> you) are you using?
> >> Do you use ps3vram? Any PS3-specific driver extensions for x.org?
> >
> > firmware version is 2.5.3.
> > i'm using ps3vram, no other driver extensions.
>
> I just tried mainline 2.6.29-rc3 (commit
> 18e352e4a73465349711a9324767e1b2453383e2)
> with ps3_defconfig on fedora 9 and firmware 2.5.0, and it works OK for
me.
>
> I put the image here:
>
>   http://cell.gotdns.org/pub/vmlinux-2.6.29-rc3.strip
>
> with a file sha1sum:
>
>   b4074168a184d0fa0d1dd7be5326de2bf2f1ce68 vmlinux-2.6.29-rc3.strip
>
> Why don't you try it and report.
>
> -Geoff
>
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