[meta-intel] [PATCH 1/3] crownbay-noemgd: disable the gma500_gfx module

[Kamble, Nitin A]

On 10/10/14, 6:37 AM, "Zanussi, Tom" <tom.zanussi at intel.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 2014-10-09 at 15:11 -0700, nitin.a.kamble at intel.com wrote:
>> From: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com>
>> 
>> The gmx500 graphics driver does not work on this BSP, but it takes
>> the ownership of the graphics hardware at boot time, blocking other
>> drivers from using the graphics hardware.
>> 
>> Fix the issue by blacklisting the gma500_gfx kernel module in the kmod
>> configuration, so that it doesn't get loaded at boot time.
>> 
>
>Is this really the right way to do this?  It will only work if
>CONFIG_XXX=m.  If m->y at some point, the whole .bbappend becomes
>useless at best.

That is why the gma500 is converted from y to m. And with the common
kernel,
It should be m anyway. If you have better way to solve you can share.

Nitin


>
>Tom
>
>> Fixes Bug:
>> [YOCTO #6807]
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com>
>> ---
>>  meta-crownbay/recipes-kernel/kmod/kmod_git.bbappend | 3 +++
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 meta-crownbay/recipes-kernel/kmod/kmod_git.bbappend
>> 
>> diff --git a/meta-crownbay/recipes-kernel/kmod/kmod_git.bbappend
>>b/meta-crownbay/recipes-kernel/kmod/kmod_git.bbappend
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..56d8fcb
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/meta-crownbay/recipes-kernel/kmod/kmod_git.bbappend
>> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
>> +do_install_append () {
>> +	echo "blacklist gma500_gfx" >
>>${D}${sysconfdir}/modprobe.d/prohibit_gma500_gfx.conf
>> +}
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