diff -Napur -X /home/jbarnes/dontdiff --exclude=Makefile linux-2.6.22-rc2/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c linux-2.6.22-rc2-modesetting/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
--- linux-2.6.22-rc2/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c	2007-05-18 21:06:17.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc2-modesetting/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c	2007-05-22 14:26:20.000000000 -0700
@@ -2937,6 +2937,21 @@ static int fbcon_mode_deleted(struct fb_
 	return found;
 }
 
+static int fbcon_fb_unbind(int idx)
+{
+	int i;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES; i++) {
+                /* Assure we do not unbind other drivers */
+                if (idx == con2fb_map[i])
+                        /* can be optimize to minimize multiple calls to
+			   unbind_con_driver() */
+                        unbind_con_driver(&fb_con, i, i, 0); 
+        }
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int fbcon_fb_unregistered(int idx)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -3114,6 +3129,9 @@ static int fbcon_event_notify(struct not
 		mode = event->data;
 		ret = fbcon_mode_deleted(info, mode);
 		break;
+	case FB_EVENT_FB_UNBIND:
+		ret = fbcon_fb_unbind(info->node);
+		break;
 	case FB_EVENT_FB_REGISTERED:
 		ret = fbcon_fb_registered(info->node);
 		break;
diff -Napur -X /home/jbarnes/dontdiff --exclude=Makefile linux-2.6.22-rc2/drivers/video/fbmem.c linux-2.6.22-rc2-modesetting/drivers/video/fbmem.c
--- linux-2.6.22-rc2/drivers/video/fbmem.c	2007-05-18 21:06:17.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc2-modesetting/drivers/video/fbmem.c	2007-05-22 14:10:35.000000000 -0700
@@ -1400,6 +1400,8 @@ unregister_framebuffer(struct fb_info *f
 	if (!registered_fb[i])
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	event.info = fb_info;
+	fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_FB_UNBIND, &event);
 	if (fb_info->pixmap.addr &&
 	    (fb_info->pixmap.flags & FB_PIXMAP_DEFAULT))
 		kfree(fb_info->pixmap.addr);
diff -Napur -X /home/jbarnes/dontdiff --exclude=Makefile linux-2.6.22-rc2/include/linux/fb.h linux-2.6.22-rc2-modesetting/include/linux/fb.h
--- linux-2.6.22-rc2/include/linux/fb.h	2007-05-18 21:06:17.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc2-modesetting/include/linux/fb.h	2007-05-22 14:11:00.000000000 -0700
@@ -529,6 +529,9 @@ struct fb_cursor_user {
 #define FB_EVENT_CONBLANK               0x0C
 /*      Get drawing requirements        */
 #define FB_EVENT_GET_REQ                0x0D
+/*      Unbind from the console if possible */
+#define FB_EVENT_FB_UNBIND              0x0E
+
 
 struct fb_event {
 	struct fb_info *info;