On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 07:52:53AM +0200, Peter Schneider wrote: > Hi Greg, > > > Am 22.10.2025 um 07:28 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman: > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 06:49:21AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > > > On 10/21/25 21:50, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > 6.17-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me > > > > know. > > > > > > > > ------------------ > > > > > > > > From: Thomas Zimmermann <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > commit 6f719373b943a955fee6fc2012aed207b65e2854 upstream. > > > > > > > > Blank the display by disabling sync pulses with VGACR17<7>. Unblank > > > > by reenabling them. This VGA setting should be supported by all Aspeed > > > > hardware. > > > > > > TWIMC, a regression report about 6.18-rc2 that was bisected to this > > > commit just came in: > > > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ > > > > > > To quote: > > > > > > """ > > > I have encountered a serious (for me) regression with 6.18-rc2 on my > > > 2-socket Ivy Bridge Xeon E5-2697 v2 server. After > > > booting, my console screen goes blank and stays blank. 6.18-rc1 was > > > still fine. > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > When I revert this from 6.18-rc2, the issue goes away and my console > > > screen works again. > > > """ > > > > Thanks, I'll go drop this patch from the stable queues for now. > > > > greg k-h > > > So Thorsten (thanks!) was 20 minutes quicker ;-) But I just tested this with > 6.12.55-rc1 and 6.17.5-rc1, too, and can confirm that this offending patch > breaks VGA on my machine, and that reverting just this patch against either > RC makes the issue go away. > > I'll retest -rc2 too when it's out.
Should be out now, thanks!
