---

yaml
---
r: 63841
b: refs/heads/master
c: 04a3f95
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  63839: 8137b6f
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6a648fa72161d1f6468dabd96c5d3c0db04f598a
+refs/heads/master: 04a3f959f691fd3eea42be37bc7a8cf32c1bd899

trunk/drivers/video/stifb.c

@@ -1100,13 +1100,18 @@ stifb_init_fb(struct sti_struct *sti, int bpp_pref)
 	/* only supported cards are allowed */
 	switch (fb->id) {
 	case CRT_ID_VISUALIZE_EG:
-		/* look for a double buffering device like e.g. the 
-		   "INTERNAL_EG_DX1024" in the RDI precisionbook laptop
-		   which won't work. The same device in non-double 
-		   buffering mode returns "INTERNAL_EG_X1024". */
-		if (strstr(sti->outptr.dev_name, "EG_DX")) {
-		   printk(KERN_WARNING 
-			"stifb: ignoring '%s'. Disable double buffering in IPL menu.\n",
+		/* Visualize cards can run either in "double buffer" or
+ 		  "standard" mode. Depending on the mode, the card reports
+		  a different device name, e.g. "INTERNAL_EG_DX1024" in double
+		  buffer mode and "INTERNAL_EG_X1024" in standard mode.
+		  Since this driver only supports standard mode, we check
+		  if the device name contains the string "DX" and tell the
+		  user how to reconfigure the card. */
+		if (strstr(sti->outptr.dev_name, "DX")) {
+		   printk(KERN_WARNING "WARNING: stifb framebuffer driver does not "
+			"support '%s' in double-buffer mode.\n"
+			KERN_WARNING "WARNING: Please disable the double-buffer mode "
+			"in IPL menu (the PARISC-BIOS).\n",
 			sti->outptr.dev_name);
 		   goto out_err0;
 		}