Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] pxafb: Is it actually working in 2.6.21?

[Antonino A. D. <ad...@gm...>]

On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 01:18 +0200, Hans-Jürgen Koch wrote:
> In the last few days, I desperately tried to make pxafb work on a 2.6.21
> vanilla kernel. All I got so far is some white and black blur on my display.
> I asked for help on the linux-arm-kernel mailing list, but though friendly
> and competent people answered my request, it still doesn't work.
> 
> So, I'd like to know if pxafb in 2.6.21 is actually working for somebody 
> with a similar setup.
> 
> Here's what I've got:
> 
> - Kernel 2.6.21, gcc 4.1.0 or 3.4.1 (same behaviour)
> - PXA270, TFT 800x600
> - At boot time, pxafb reports no errors
> - fbset -i shows the expected values
> - BUT the display shows only white and black blur

Just to be sure we're not missing anything obvious:

Have you tried cat <file> > /dev/fb0 without any response from the
display?

Have you tried using the driver with the framebuffer console?

Tony