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[1/2] trivial: atmel_lcdfb: add missing error message

Message ID 1370010519-18691-1-git-send-email-richard.genoud@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Richard Genoud May 31, 2013, 2:28 p.m. UTC
When a too small framebuffer is given, the atmel_lcdfb_check_var
silently fails.
Adding an error message will save some head scratching.

Signed-off-by: Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c |    5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c b/drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c
index 540909d..6e6491f 100644
--- a/drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/atmel_lcdfb.c
@@ -461,8 +461,11 @@  static int atmel_lcdfb_check_var(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
 	if (info->fix.smem_len) {
 		unsigned int smem_len = (var->xres_virtual * var->yres_virtual
 					 * ((var->bits_per_pixel + 7) / 8));
-		if (smem_len > info->fix.smem_len)
+		if (smem_len > info->fix.smem_len) {
+			dev_err(dev, "Frame buffer is too small (%u) for screen size (need at least %u)\n",
+				info->fix.smem_len, smem_len);
 			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Saturate vertical and horizontal timings at maximum values */