[Letux-kernel] Kernel v5.1-rc1 (was: LetuxOS Kernel v5.0-rc1)

[H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Hi Andreas,

> Am 21.03.2019 um 08:05 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com>:
> 
> Hi Andreas,
> 
>> Am 21.03.2019 um 07:18 schrieb Andreas Kemnade <andreas at kemnade.info>:
>> 
>> On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 07:05:18 +0100
>> "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns at goldelico.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> HI,
>>> 
>>>> Am 20.03.2019 um 16:31 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com>:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>>> Am 20.03.2019 um 08:30 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com>:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Am 20.03.2019 um 08:19 schrieb Andreas Kemnade <andreas at kemnade.info>:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Tue, 19 Mar 2019 13:30:17 +0100
>>>>>> "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns at goldelico.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Am 19.03.2019 um 13:16 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com>:  
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> * GTA04A4:	backlight ok, display shows white pixels only    
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> hmm, did a quick test with mainline: older dtb + 5.1-rc1 kernel = display ok
>>>>>>>>> 5.1-rc1 kernel + dtb-5-1-rc1 (both mainline) = black screen    
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ah, I didn't read precisely: "black screen". I get this as well if I eliminate
>>>>> most Letux patch sets.
>>>>> 
>>>>> This means that one or two hacks are not yet upstream...
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> well,
>>>>>> echo 0 >/sys/class/backlight/backlight/bl_power
>>>>>> resolved that. Then I had a working display with mainline 5.1-rc1 + dtb-5.1-rc1
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I think we are talking about different problems.  
>>>>> 
>>>>> Looks so...
>>>>> 
>>>>> My main symptom is that I get a /dev/fb0, X server process is running, backlight
>>>>> is on, but the screen is completely white. And xset dpms force on/off can
>>>>> turn backlight on&off. But still only white pixels.  
>>> 
>>> I have now checked and the symptoms are two facets of the same problem.
>>> 
>>> When doing my git bisect of linus/master plus adding only 4 of our letux patches,
>>> I get a black display in the error case which goes completely white when echoing to
>>> bp_power.
>>> 
>>> I never had the backlight staying black but display working.
>>> 
>>> But there remains some difference by adding the full letux patch set. I.e. some
>>> piece of code does have the same side effect as echo 0 >/sys/class/backlight/backlight/bl_power
>>> 
>> 
>> Well, if I do that on mainline,
> 
> Hm. I am also doing that on mainline. Almost. Plus 4 patch sets which are not at all display related.
> 
> I have exactly these diffs to versions from linus/master:
> 
> iMac:master hns$ git diff --stat bisect
> Letux/README                        |   33 ++
> arch/arm/configs/letux_defconfig    | 6462 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> crypto/asymmetric_keys/Kconfig      |    1 +
> drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c                |    3 +-
> scripts/mod/file2alias.c            |    2 +
> scripts/sortextable.c               |    3 +
> security/selinux/include/classmap.h |    7 +
> 7 files changed, 6510 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> iMac:master hns$ 
> 
> Besides letux_defconfig, most are to get the tree compiled (there are certain assumptions in upstream about the HOSTCC and
> its #include files which a Darwin host does not exactly fulfill).
> 
> The ubi patch is to silence issues with not well formatted NAND.
> The crypto diff is to select CONFIG_SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING (maybe this could
> be done directly in letux_defconfig without patching the Kconfig).
> 
> So how exactly are you "doing that on mainline"? omap2plus_defconfig or letux_defconfig? Device tree from linus/master or the letux one?

I have now tried:

git checkout v5.1-rc1
git merge letux/compile-fixes
make omap2plus_defconfig

No change. Display is black and echo 0>bl_power makes it go white.

Next I'll check on GTA04A5.

And then I want to try the same starting with linux-next.


> 
> What I have not yet tried is to boot on GTA04A5.
> 
>> I get a working display. Not only black screen.
>> 
>> So we probably have 
>> a) some initilalisation race condition
>> 
>> or 
>> 
>> b) some memory corruption.
>> 
>> Both are nasty.
> 
> Indeed.
> 
> c) new compiler incompatibility
> 
> d) something incompatible in defconfig
> 
> BR,
> Nikolaus
> 
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