intelfb: admit fbdev is crap and punt on trying to resize to a larger fbdev.

diff --git a/linux-core/intel_fb.c b/linux-core/intel_fb.c
index 71f71a0..9967f91 100644 (file)
--- a/linux-core/intel_fb.c
+++ b/linux-core/intel_fb.c
@@ -815,10 +815,12 @@ static int intelfb_single_fb_probe(struct drm_device *dev)
                fb = list_first_entry(&dev->mode_config.fb_kernel_list, struct drm_framebuffer, filp_head);
                intel_fb = to_intel_framebuffer(fb);
 
-               /* check if we are going to have a size issue */
-               /* do a surface compare */
+               /* if someone hotplugs something bigger than we have already allocated, we are pwned.
+                  As really we can't resize an fbdev that is in the wild currently due to fbdev
+                  not really being designed for the lower layers moving stuff around under it.
+                  - so in the grand style of things - punt. */
                if ((fb->width < surface_width) || (fb->height < surface_height)) {
-                       DRM_ERROR("NEED BIGGER SURFACE DUDE\n");
+                       DRM_ERROR("Framebuffer not large enough to scale console onto.\n");
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
        }