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[PATCH 4.7 129/186] drm/nouveau: check for supported chipset before booting fbdev off the hw

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  [PATCH 4.7 129/186] drm/nouveau: check for supported chipset before booting fbdev off the hw Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-08-18 16:40 +0200

#1465571 — [PATCH 4.7 129/186] drm/nouveau: check for supported chipset before booting fbdev off the hw

4.7-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@redhat.com>

commit 0e67bed2c765ff0fdaec62c963881f5416fe3692 upstream.

Signed-off-by: Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c |   11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
@@ -324,7 +324,16 @@ static int nouveau_drm_probe(struct pci_
 	    !vga_switcheroo_handler_flags())
 		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 
-	/* remove conflicting drivers (vesafb, efifb etc) */
+	/* We need to check that the chipset is supported before booting
+	 * fbdev off the hardware, as there's no way to put it back.
+	 */
+	ret = nvkm_device_pci_new(pdev, NULL, "error", true, false, 0, &device);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	nvkm_device_del(&device);
+
+	/* Remove conflicting drivers (vesafb, efifb etc). */
 	aper = alloc_apertures(3);
 	if (!aper)
 		return -ENOMEM;

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