I've uploaded the jammy backport of this patch into the queue, so
assigning it to myself.  As I have readily seen this problem on my own
test kernels I'll validate it with a local kernel with the matching
kconfig options when it's accepted.  This can then be done in advance of
waiting for matching changes landing in OEM-6.5, or HWE-6.5.

** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu Jammy)
       Status: Triaged => In Progress

** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu Jammy)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Mario Limonciello (superm1)

** Description changed:

- [ Impact ] 
+ [ Impact ]
  The fbdev subsystem has been deprecated for a long time. We should drop it in 
favour of using simpledrm with fbdev emulation layer.
  
  This requires Kernel config changes:
  
  FB_EFI=n
  FB_VESA=n
  
  fbcon will still require FB to be available, but will use the fbdev
  emulation layer
  
  When this stack is enabled, it changes boot timing such that some
  drivers may take a longer time to boot and GDM may hang in a black
  screen.
  
+ This issue has been readily reproduced in Ubuntu and reported to upstream 
mutter.
+ https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/2909
+ 
  [ Test Plan ]
  * Ensure that a kernel with required kernel changes can boot to GDM using DRM 
driver (amdgpu, i915, or nouveau)
  
  [ Where Problems could occur ]
  * Race conditions could be exposed to DE environments
  * Software that expects to find DRM device at /dev/dri/card0 may have a 
problem.
  * Some older versions of NVIDIA driver might not work properly.
  
  [ Other Info ]
  * Fedora bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2022385

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Title:
  Migrate from fbdev drivers to simpledrm and DRM fbdev emulation layer

Status in gdm:
  Fix Released
Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in gdm3 source package in Jammy:
  In Progress
Status in linux source package in Jammy:
  Won't Fix
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 source package in Jammy:
  Fix Released
Status in gdm3 source package in Mantic:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Mantic:
  Confirmed
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 source package in Mantic:
  Fix Released
Status in linux package in Fedora:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [ Impact ]
  The fbdev subsystem has been deprecated for a long time. We should drop it in 
favour of using simpledrm with fbdev emulation layer.

  This requires Kernel config changes:

  FB_EFI=n
  FB_VESA=n

  fbcon will still require FB to be available, but will use the fbdev
  emulation layer

  When this stack is enabled, it changes boot timing such that some
  drivers may take a longer time to boot and GDM may hang in a black
  screen.

  This issue has been readily reproduced in Ubuntu and reported to upstream 
mutter.
  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/2909

  [ Test Plan ]
  * Ensure that a kernel with required kernel changes can boot to GDM using DRM 
driver (amdgpu, i915, or nouveau)

  [ Where Problems could occur ]
  * Race conditions could be exposed to DE environments
  * Software that expects to find DRM device at /dev/dri/card0 may have a 
problem.
  * Some older versions of NVIDIA driver might not work properly.

  [ Other Info ]
  * Fedora bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2022385

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