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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c index afa2863670f3..8afc4538558c 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ #include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/major.h> #include <linux/slab.h> +#include <linux/sysfb.h> #include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/mman.h> #include <linux/vt.h> @@ -1752,6 +1753,17 @@ int remove_conflicting_framebuffers(struct apertures_struct *a, do_free = true; } + /* + * If a driver asked to unregister a platform device registered by + * sysfb, then can be assumed that this is a driver for a display + * that is set up by the system firmware and has a generic driver. + * + * Drivers for devices that don't have a generic driver will never + * ask for this, so let's assume that a real driver for the display + * was already probed and prevent sysfb to register devices later. + */ + sysfb_disable(); + mutex_lock(®istration_lock); do_remove_conflicting_framebuffers(a, name, primary); mutex_unlock(®istration_lock); |