Kconfig CONFIG_FB dependency regression

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 1:14 AM Thinh Nguyen <Thinh.Nguyen at synopsys.com> wrote:
> Fabio Estevam wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 8:06 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap at infradead.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2/1/22 15:01, Thinh Nguyen wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> One of our test setups is unable to boot (stuck at initramfs). Git
> >>> bisection points to the commit below:
> >>>
> >>> f611b1e7624c ("drm: Avoid circular dependencies for CONFIG_FB")
> >>>
> >>> Reverting this patch resolves the issue. This issue persists in mainline
> >>> also. Unfortunately there isn't any meaningful log. Hopefully someone
> >>> can give some insight as to what could be the issue and revert/fix this
> >>> issue.
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >> Did you enable DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION?
>
> I did not enable it.
>
> >> Please provide the failing .config file.
> >
> > Does selecting CONFIG_FB=y help?
> >
>
> On the config that has the issue, this isn't set. After reverting the
> commit above, this was set. Maybe this is what's needed? I need to test it.

CONFIG_FB should not normally be needed for booting, so unless
you have a graphical application in your initramfs that requires the /dev/fb0
device to work, it is not supposed to make a difference.

Are there any other differences in your .config before and after the patch?
It's possible that you use some other driver that in turn depends on
CONFIG_FB. Does your machine have any graphical output device?
If yes, which driver do you use?

You may also want to make sure that you have 9d6366e743f3 ("drm:
fb_helper: improve CONFIG_FB dependency") in your kernel, which
fixes a minor problem with my original patch.

         Arnd