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-rw-r--r--drivers/video/fbdev/sm712fb.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm712fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm712fb.c
index 1a3d232c2916..e8149f0f47d5 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm712fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm712fb.c
@@ -1493,7 +1493,11 @@ static int smtcfb_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
if (err)
goto failed;
- smtcfb_setmode(sfb);
+ /*
+ * The screen would be temporarily garbled when sm712fb takes over
+ * vesafb or VGA text mode. Zero the framebuffer.
+ */
+ memset_io(sfb->lfb, 0, sfb->fb->fix.smem_len);
err = register_framebuffer(info);
if (err < 0)