Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 3/3] drm/i915: allocate framebuffer cmap

[James S. <jsi...@in...>]

> Without an allocated colormap, FBIOGETCMAP fails.  This would make
> programs restore an all-black colormap ("links -g") or fail to work
> altogether ("mplayer -vo fbdev2").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Clemens Ladisch <cl...@la...>
> ---
> Untested.
> 
> --- linux-2.6/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
> @@ -227,6 +227,10 @@ static int intelfb_create(struct drm_dev
>  
>  	fb->fbdev = info;
>  
> +	ret = fb_alloc_cmap(&info->cmap, 256, 0);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto out_unpin;
> +
>  	par->intel_fb = intel_fb;
>  
>  	/* To allow resizeing without swapping buffers */

It would be better to place that code in drm_fb_helper_single_fb_probe.
Also instead of 256 I would recommend using crtc->gamma_size.