Since commit 27a4c827c34ac4256a190cc9d24607f953c1c459
fbcon: use the cursor blink interval provided by vt
a PPC64LE kernel fails to boot when fbcon_add_cursor_timer uses an
uninitialized ops->cur_blink_jiffies. Prevent by initializing
in fbcon_init before the call to info->fbops->fb_set_par.
Reported-and-tested-by: Alistair Popple <alist...@popple.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Scot Doyle <lkm...@scotdoyle.com>
---
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
index 1aaf893..92f3949 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ static void fbcon_init(struct vc_data *vc, int init)
con_copy_unimap(vc, svc);
ops = info->fbcon_par;
+ ops->cur_blink_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(vc->vc_cur_blink_ms);
p->con_rotate = initial_rotation;
set_blitting_type(vc, info);
--
2.1.4
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