Actually check the return value from pll_ops->init_pll()
as it can return an error.

If the card's BIOS didn't run because it's not the primary VGA card
the fact that the xclk source is unsupported is printed as shown
below but the driver continues on regardless and on my machine causes
a hard lock up.

[   61.470088] atyfb 0000:03:05.0: enabling device (0080 -> 0083)
[   61.476191] atyfb: using auxiliary register aperture
[   61.481239] atyfb: 3D RAGE XL (Mach64 GR, PCI-33) [0x4752 rev 0x27]
[   61.487569] atyfb: 512K SGRAM (1:1), 14.31818 MHz XTAL, 230 MHz PLL, 83 Mhz MCLK, 63 MHz XCLK
[   61.496112] atyfb: Unsupported xclk source:  5.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Daniel Palmer <daniel@0x0f.com>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c
index 210fd3ac18a4..56ef1d88e003 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c
@@ -2614,8 +2614,12 @@ static int aty_init(struct fb_info *info)
 		pr_cont("\n");
 	}
 #endif
-	if (par->pll_ops->init_pll)
-		par->pll_ops->init_pll(info, &par->pll);
+	if (par->pll_ops->init_pll) {
+		ret = par->pll_ops->init_pll(info, &par->pll);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	if (par->pll_ops->resume_pll)
 		par->pll_ops->resume_pll(info, &par->pll);
 
-- 
2.51.0

On 10/24/25 11:37, Daniel Palmer wrote:
> Actually check the return value from pll_ops->init_pll()
> as it can return an error.
> 
> If the card's BIOS didn't run because it's not the primary VGA card
> the fact that the xclk source is unsupported is printed as shown
> below but the driver continues on regardless and on my machine causes
> a hard lock up.
> 
> [   61.470088] atyfb 0000:03:05.0: enabling device (0080 -> 0083)
> [   61.476191] atyfb: using auxiliary register aperture
> [   61.481239] atyfb: 3D RAGE XL (Mach64 GR, PCI-33) [0x4752 rev 0x27]
> [   61.487569] atyfb: 512K SGRAM (1:1), 14.31818 MHz XTAL, 230 MHz PLL, 83 Mhz MCLK, 63 MHz XCLK
> [   61.496112] atyfb: Unsupported xclk source:  5.
> 
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Palmer <daniel@0x0f.com>
> ---
>   drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c | 8 ++++++--
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

applied.

Thanks!
Helge