#9318 NORM 1.5-ATe: Why is vmalloc=256M required for viafb?

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#9318: Why is vmalloc=256M required for viafb?
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           Reporter:  cjb       |       Owner:  dsaxena      
               Type:  defect    |      Status:  new          
           Priority:  normal    |   Milestone:  1.5-ATest    
          Component:  kernel    |     Version:  not specified
         Resolution:            |    Keywords:               
        Next_action:  diagnose  |    Verified:  0            
Deployment_affected:            |   Blockedby:               
           Blocking:            |  
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Comment(by dsd):

 Do we have dmesg output from a phoenix boot?
 The explanation must be that phoenix is requesting a smaller allocation.
 OFW seems to be specifying that we want 256mb video memory, which is big.
 What size do we want to be requesting?

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9318#comment:6>
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