Re: [OOPS] 2.5.70-bk15: RadeonFB dies at boot, and is undocumented

[James Simmons <jsimmons@infradead.org>]

> With the Radeon framebuffer driver compiled in, 2.5.70-bk15 oopses very
> early during the boot process.  The oops is visible in text mode but
> scrolls off the screen.  (I really need to set up a serial console!)

If you see the oops that is good thing. That means the framebuffer driver 
works. 

> [thoffman@torrey fb]$ pwd
> /home/archive/Kernels/linux-2.5.70-bk15/Documentation/fb
> [thoffman@torrey fb]$ grep radeon *
> [thoffman@torrey fb]$ 
> 
> There is not a single mention of the radeon driver under Documentation! 
> Even a 20 line note explaining what the kernel command line format is
> would be nice.

No :-( 

> PS: Mr. Simmons, I really appreciate your work on the framebuffer and
> console subsystem.  To make it easier for people to find you, perhaps a
> little patch to update your email addresses throughout the code would be
> worth while?   A quick grep under drivers/video turns up four different
> addresses in about a dozen files, hopefully I am sending this email to a
> current address:
> 
> jsimmons@users.sf.net
> jsimmons@linux-fbdev.org
> jsimmons@infradead.org
> jsimmons@transvirtual.com

Good point. I will update everything.