#9404 HIGH 1.5-F11: VIA FB driver locks up during init on newer GCC

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#9404: VIA FB driver locks up during init on newer GCC
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           Reporter:  dsaxena   |       Owner:  dsaxena      
               Type:  defect    |      Status:  assigned     
           Priority:  high      |   Milestone:  1.5-F11      
          Component:  kernel    |     Version:  not specified
         Resolution:            |    Keywords:               
        Next_action:  diagnose  |    Verified:  0            
Deployment_affected:            |   Blockedby:               
           Blocking:            |  
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Comment(by dsd):

 Lockdep finds nothing. magic and count look fine.

 I did some low-level debugging and found that actually we do escape from
 acquire_console_sem() before hanging. However, the hang is definitely
 still somewhere "under" register_framebuffer(). will continue tomorrow

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9404#comment:3>
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