On Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 08:30:42AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: > On 10/15/26 06:37, Rodrigo Vivi wrote: > > So, perhaps what could be done in this specific case while we don't have > > the proper one is something like trying to pre-fetch the mandatory fw. > > Before we steal the fb. Something like: > > > > (Untested warning) > > > > https://github.com/rodrigovivi/linux/commit/5589d2883a604d52e89f44620e16d16c7fd278e8 > > I threw caution to the wind and tried this.
Thanks for being brave! :) > Id didn't seem to help. I > don't seem the messages about unregistering the old console, but I still > never get any output. The only "xe" gunk in dmesg is: > > > [ 0.739464] xe 0000:00:02.0: GuC firmware xe/ptl_guc_70.bin not found, > > can be downloaded from > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git > > [ 0.739501] xe 0000:00:02.0: probe with driver xe failed with error -2 > > BTW, "xe.force_probe=!*" on the command-line also gets the output back > to normal. the force probe proves that we can still probe safely, but apparently on my first attempt I missed the fact that pcim_enable_device will touch the device and register a pci_disable_device that might clear stuff and mess with the VGA fb... Perhaps if we move just one step over: https://github.com/rodrigovivi/linux/commit/616cd8c1b4d4414cd1f7ad56fa5d8abd36d7968d
