Bug#609615: linux-2.6: please do not build in nvidiafb on powerpc systems

2011-01-13 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mit, 2011-01-12 at 14:57 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Wed, 2011-01-12 at 15:54 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > > Michel, as our resident powerpc + graphics expert, any advice about the > > below? > [...] > > > On a PowerMac, yes, but I thought the PowerPC port supported PReP and > > > CHRP m

Bug#609615: linux-2.6: please do not build in nvidiafb on powerpc systems

2011-01-12 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2011-01-12 at 15:54 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > Michel, as our resident powerpc + graphics expert, any advice about the > below? [...] > > On a PowerMac, yes, but I thought the PowerPC port supported PReP and > > CHRP machines too. Perhaps we should have offb and vga16fb built-in, > > a

Bug#609615: linux-2.6: please do not build in nvidiafb on powerpc systems

2011-01-12 Thread Julien Cristau
Michel, as our resident powerpc + graphics expert, any advice about the below? On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 02:11:06 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Tue, 2011-01-11 at 02:58 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 01:53:53 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 2011-01-10 at

Bug#609615: linux-2.6: please do not build in nvidiafb on powerpc systems

2011-01-10 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2011-01-11 at 02:58 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 01:53:53 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 22:58 +, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > > > Package: linux-2.6 > > > Severity: normal > > > > > > in http://bugs.debian.org/608846 , i encountered

Bug#609615: linux-2.6: please do not build in nvidiafb on powerpc systems

2011-01-10 Thread Julien Cristau
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 01:53:53 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 22:58 +, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > > Package: linux-2.6 > > Severity: normal > > > > in http://bugs.debian.org/608846 , i encountered difficulties with an > > NVIDIA chipset on powerpc. > > > > These di

Bug#609615: linux-2.6: please do not build in nvidiafb on powerpc systems

2011-01-10 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 22:58 +, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > Package: linux-2.6 > Severity: normal > > in http://bugs.debian.org/608846 , i encountered difficulties with an > NVIDIA chipset on powerpc. > > These difficulties appear to be exacerbated by the fact that debian's > powerpc kernel

Bug#609615: linux-2.6: please do not build in nvidiafb on powerpc systems

2011-01-10 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Package: linux-2.6 Severity: normal in http://bugs.debian.org/608846 , i encountered difficulties with an NVIDIA chipset on powerpc. These difficulties appear to be exacerbated by the fact that debian's powerpc kernel has set CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA=y Please set this option to 'm' for powerpc (this