From: Olaf Hering Current Linus tree crashes in aty128_set_lcd_enable() because par->pdev is NULL. This happens since at least a week. Call trace is: aty128_set_lcd_enable aty128fb_set_par fbcon_init visual_init take_over_console fbcon_takeover notifier_call_chain blocking_notifier_call_chain register_framebuffer aty128fb_probe pci_device_probe bus_for_each_dev driver_attach bus_add_driver driver_register __pci_register_driver aty128fb_init init kernel_thread - info->fix was assigned twice. - par->vram_size is assigned in aty128_probe(), no need to redo it again in aty128_init() - register_framebuffer() uses uninitialized struct members, move it past par->pdev assignment and past aty128_bl_init(). Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering Acked-by: Antonino Daplas Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/video/aty/aty128fb.c | 10 +++------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/video/aty/aty128fb.c~crash-in-aty128_set_lcd_enable-on-powerbook drivers/video/aty/aty128fb.c --- a/drivers/video/aty/aty128fb.c~crash-in-aty128_set_lcd_enable-on-powerbook +++ a/drivers/video/aty/aty128fb.c @@ -1913,9 +1913,6 @@ static int __devinit aty128_init(struct u8 chip_rev; u32 dac; - if (!par->vram_size) /* may have already been probed */ - par->vram_size = aty_ld_le32(CONFIG_MEMSIZE) & 0x03FFFFFF; - /* Get the chip revision */ chip_rev = (aty_ld_le32(CONFIG_CNTL) >> 16) & 0x1F; @@ -2028,9 +2025,6 @@ static int __devinit aty128_init(struct aty128_init_engine(par); - if (register_framebuffer(info) < 0) - return 0; - par->pm_reg = pci_find_capability(pdev, PCI_CAP_ID_PM); par->pdev = pdev; par->asleep = 0; @@ -2040,6 +2034,9 @@ static int __devinit aty128_init(struct aty128_bl_init(par); #endif + if (register_framebuffer(info) < 0) + return 0; + printk(KERN_INFO "fb%d: %s frame buffer device on %s\n", info->node, info->fix.id, video_card); @@ -2089,7 +2086,6 @@ static int __devinit aty128_probe(struct par = info->par; info->pseudo_palette = par->pseudo_palette; - info->fix = aty128fb_fix; /* Virtualize mmio region */ info->fix.mmio_start = reg_addr; _