From 53dbb26dbcf0d844967677633d7587c1d34740d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 01:02:36 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] vgacon: Workaround for resize bug in some chipsets

Reported from Redhat Bugzilla Bug 170450

"I updated to the development kernel and now during boot only the top of the
text is visable. For example the monitor screen the is the lines and I can
only see text in the asterisk area.
---
 drivers/video/console/vgacon.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

(limited to 'drivers/video/console/vgacon.c')

diff --git a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
index f4e1c4b4191..12d9329d140 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(vga_lock);
 static int cursor_size_lastfrom;
 static int cursor_size_lastto;
+static u32 vgacon_xres;
+static u32 vgacon_yres;
 static struct vgastate state;
 
 #define BLANK 0x0020
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ static struct vgastate state;
  * appear.
  */
 #undef TRIDENT_GLITCH
-
+#define VGA_FONTWIDTH       8   /* VGA does not support fontwidths != 8 */
 /*
  *  Interface used by the world
  */
@@ -325,6 +327,10 @@ static const char __init *vgacon_startup(void)
 		vga_scan_lines =
 		    vga_video_font_height * vga_video_num_lines;
 	}
+
+	vgacon_xres = ORIG_VIDEO_COLS * VGA_FONTWIDTH;
+	vgacon_yres = vga_scan_lines;
+
 	return display_desc;
 }
 
@@ -513,6 +519,8 @@ static int vgacon_doresize(struct vc_data *c,
 	if (max_scan & 0x80)
 		scanlines <<= 1;
 
+	vgacon_xres = width * VGA_FONTWIDTH;
+	vgacon_yres = height * c->vc_font.height;
 	outb_p(VGA_CRTC_MODE, vga_video_port_reg);
 	mode = inb_p(vga_video_port_val);
 
@@ -557,6 +565,10 @@ static int vgacon_doresize(struct vc_data *c,
 
 static int vgacon_switch(struct vc_data *c)
 {
+	int x = c->vc_cols * VGA_FONTWIDTH;
+	int y = c->vc_rows * c->vc_font.height;
+	int rows = ORIG_VIDEO_LINES * vga_default_font_height/
+		c->vc_font.height;
 	/*
 	 * We need to save screen size here as it's the only way
 	 * we can spot the screen has been resized and we need to
@@ -572,10 +584,11 @@ static int vgacon_switch(struct vc_data *c)
 		scr_memcpyw((u16 *) c->vc_origin, (u16 *) c->vc_screenbuf,
 			    c->vc_screenbuf_size > vga_vram_size ?
 				vga_vram_size : c->vc_screenbuf_size);
-		if (!(vga_video_num_columns % 2) &&
-		    vga_video_num_columns <= ORIG_VIDEO_COLS &&
-		    vga_video_num_lines <= (ORIG_VIDEO_LINES *
-			vga_default_font_height) / c->vc_font.height)
+
+		if ((vgacon_xres != x || vgacon_yres != y) &&
+		    (!(vga_video_num_columns % 2) &&
+		     vga_video_num_columns <= ORIG_VIDEO_COLS &&
+		     vga_video_num_lines <= rows))
 			vgacon_doresize(c, c->vc_cols, c->vc_rows);
 	}
 
@@ -999,7 +1012,8 @@ static int vgacon_font_set(struct vc_data *c, struct console_font *font, unsigne
 	if (vga_video_type < VIDEO_TYPE_EGAM)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (font->width != 8 || (charcount != 256 && charcount != 512))
+	if (font->width != VGA_FONTWIDTH ||
+	    (charcount != 256 && charcount != 512))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	rc = vgacon_do_font_op(&state, font->data, 1, charcount == 512);
@@ -1016,7 +1030,7 @@ static int vgacon_font_get(struct vc_data *c, struct console_font *font)
 	if (vga_video_type < VIDEO_TYPE_EGAM)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	font->width = 8;
+	font->width = VGA_FONTWIDTH;
 	font->height = c->vc_font.height;
 	font->charcount = vga_512_chars ? 512 : 256;
 	if (!font->data)
-- 
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