diff --git a/drivers/video/arcfb.c b/drivers/video/arcfb.c
index 3ec4923c2d84..c22e8d39a2cb 100644
--- a/drivers/video/arcfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/arcfb.c
@@ -515,11 +515,10 @@ static int __devinit arcfb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 
 	/* We need a flat backing store for the Arc's
 	   less-flat actual paged framebuffer */
-	if (!(videomemory = vmalloc(videomemorysize)))
+	videomemory = vzalloc(videomemorysize);
+	if (!videomemory)
 		return retval;
 
-	memset(videomemory, 0, videomemorysize);
-
 	info = framebuffer_alloc(sizeof(struct arcfb_par), &dev->dev);
 	if (!info)
 		goto err;
diff --git a/drivers/video/bf537-lq035.c b/drivers/video/bf537-lq035.c
index 47c21fb2c82f..bea53c1a4950 100644
--- a/drivers/video/bf537-lq035.c
+++ b/drivers/video/bf537-lq035.c
@@ -789,6 +789,7 @@ static int __devinit bfin_lq035_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	i2c_add_driver(&ad5280_driver);
 
 	memset(&props, 0, sizeof(props));
+	props.type = BACKLIGHT_RAW;
 	props.max_brightness = MAX_BRIGHENESS;
 	bl_dev = backlight_device_register("bf537-bl", NULL, NULL,
 					   &bfin_lq035fb_bl_ops, &props);
diff --git a/drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c b/drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c
index ebda6876d3a9..377dde3d5bfc 100644
--- a/drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c
@@ -1101,12 +1101,10 @@ static int __devinit broadsheetfb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 
 	videomemorysize = roundup((dpyw*dpyh), PAGE_SIZE);
 
-	videomemory = vmalloc(videomemorysize);
+	videomemory = vzalloc(videomemorysize);
 	if (!videomemory)
 		goto err_fb_rel;
 
-	memset(videomemory, 0, videomemorysize);
-
 	info->screen_base = (char *)videomemory;
 	info->fbops = &broadsheetfb_ops;
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/efifb.c b/drivers/video/efifb.c
index fb205843c2c7..69c49dfce9cf 100644
--- a/drivers/video/efifb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/efifb.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <video/vga.h>
 
+static bool request_mem_succeeded = false;
+
 static struct fb_var_screeninfo efifb_defined __devinitdata = {
 	.activate		= FB_ACTIVATE_NOW,
 	.height			= -1,
@@ -281,7 +283,9 @@ static void efifb_destroy(struct fb_info *info)
 {
 	if (info->screen_base)
 		iounmap(info->screen_base);
-	release_mem_region(info->apertures->ranges[0].base, info->apertures->ranges[0].size);
+	if (request_mem_succeeded)
+		release_mem_region(info->apertures->ranges[0].base,
+				   info->apertures->ranges[0].size);
 	framebuffer_release(info);
 }
 
@@ -326,14 +330,13 @@ static int __init efifb_setup(char *options)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __devinit efifb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
+static int __init efifb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 {
 	struct fb_info *info;
 	int err;
 	unsigned int size_vmode;
 	unsigned int size_remap;
 	unsigned int size_total;
-	int request_succeeded = 0;
 
 	if (!screen_info.lfb_depth)
 		screen_info.lfb_depth = 32;
@@ -387,7 +390,7 @@ static int __devinit efifb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	efifb_fix.smem_len = size_remap;
 
 	if (request_mem_region(efifb_fix.smem_start, size_remap, "efifb")) {
-		request_succeeded = 1;
+		request_mem_succeeded = true;
 	} else {
 		/* We cannot make this fatal. Sometimes this comes from magic
 		   spaces our resource handlers simply don't know about */
@@ -413,7 +416,7 @@ static int __devinit efifb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	info->apertures->ranges[0].base = efifb_fix.smem_start;
 	info->apertures->ranges[0].size = size_remap;
 
-	info->screen_base = ioremap(efifb_fix.smem_start, efifb_fix.smem_len);
+	info->screen_base = ioremap_wc(efifb_fix.smem_start, efifb_fix.smem_len);
 	if (!info->screen_base) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "efifb: abort, cannot ioremap video memory "
 				"0x%x @ 0x%lx\n",
@@ -491,13 +494,12 @@ err_unmap:
 err_release_fb:
 	framebuffer_release(info);
 err_release_mem:
-	if (request_succeeded)
+	if (request_mem_succeeded)
 		release_mem_region(efifb_fix.smem_start, size_total);
 	return err;
 }
 
 static struct platform_driver efifb_driver = {
-	.probe	= efifb_probe,
 	.driver	= {
 		.name	= "efifb",
 	},
@@ -528,13 +530,21 @@ static int __init efifb_init(void)
 	if (!screen_info.lfb_linelength)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	ret = platform_driver_register(&efifb_driver);
+	ret = platform_device_register(&efifb_device);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
-	if (!ret) {
-		ret = platform_device_register(&efifb_device);
-		if (ret)
-			platform_driver_unregister(&efifb_driver);
+	/*
+	 * This is not just an optimization.  We will interfere
+	 * with a real driver if we get reprobed, so don't allow
+	 * it.
+	 */
+	ret = platform_driver_probe(&efifb_driver, efifb_probe);
+	if (ret) {
+		platform_device_unregister(&efifb_driver);
+		return ret;
 	}
+
 	return ret;
 }
 module_init(efifb_init);
diff --git a/drivers/video/hecubafb.c b/drivers/video/hecubafb.c
index 1b94643ecbcf..fbef15f7a218 100644
--- a/drivers/video/hecubafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/hecubafb.c
@@ -231,11 +231,10 @@ static int __devinit hecubafb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 
 	videomemorysize = (DPY_W*DPY_H)/8;
 
-	if (!(videomemory = vmalloc(videomemorysize)))
+	videomemory = vzalloc(videomemorysize);
+	if (!videomemory)
 		return retval;
 
-	memset(videomemory, 0, videomemorysize);
-
 	info = framebuffer_alloc(sizeof(struct hecubafb_par), &dev->dev);
 	if (!info)
 		goto err_fballoc;
diff --git a/drivers/video/imxfb.c b/drivers/video/imxfb.c
index d2ccfd6e662c..f135dbead07d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/imxfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/imxfb.c
@@ -856,10 +856,10 @@ failed_platform_init:
 		dma_free_writecombine(&pdev->dev,fbi->map_size,fbi->map_cpu,
 			fbi->map_dma);
 failed_map:
-	clk_put(fbi->clk);
-failed_getclock:
 	iounmap(fbi->regs);
 failed_ioremap:
+	clk_put(fbi->clk);
+failed_getclock:
 	release_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res));
 failed_req:
 	kfree(info->pseudo_palette);
diff --git a/drivers/video/metronomefb.c b/drivers/video/metronomefb.c
index ed64edfd2c43..97d45e5115e2 100644
--- a/drivers/video/metronomefb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/metronomefb.c
@@ -628,12 +628,10 @@ static int __devinit metronomefb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	/* we need to add a spare page because our csum caching scheme walks
 	 * to the end of the page */
 	videomemorysize = PAGE_SIZE + (fw * fh);
-	videomemory = vmalloc(videomemorysize);
+	videomemory = vzalloc(videomemorysize);
 	if (!videomemory)
 		goto err_fb_rel;
 
-	memset(videomemory, 0, videomemorysize);
-
 	info->screen_base = (char __force __iomem *)videomemory;
 	info->fbops = &metronomefb_ops;
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/modedb.c b/drivers/video/modedb.c
index 48c3ea8652b6..cb175fe7abc0 100644
--- a/drivers/video/modedb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/modedb.c
@@ -1128,3 +1128,4 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fb_find_best_mode);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fb_find_nearest_mode);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fb_videomode_to_modelist);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fb_find_mode);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fb_find_mode_cvt);
diff --git a/drivers/video/pxa168fb.c b/drivers/video/pxa168fb.c
index 35f61dd0cb3a..bb95ec56d25d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/pxa168fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/pxa168fb.c
@@ -623,19 +623,21 @@ static int __devinit pxa168fb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	if (res == NULL) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no IO memory defined\n");
-		return -ENOENT;
+		ret = -ENOENT;
+		goto failed_put_clk;
 	}
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	if (irq < 0) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no IRQ defined\n");
-		return -ENOENT;
+		ret = -ENOENT;
+		goto failed_put_clk;
 	}
 
 	info = framebuffer_alloc(sizeof(struct pxa168fb_info), &pdev->dev);
 	if (info == NULL) {
-		clk_put(clk);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto failed_put_clk;
 	}
 
 	/* Initialize private data */
@@ -671,7 +673,7 @@ static int __devinit pxa168fb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	fbi->reg_base = ioremap_nocache(res->start, resource_size(res));
 	if (fbi->reg_base == NULL) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto failed;
+		goto failed_free_info;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -683,7 +685,7 @@ static int __devinit pxa168fb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 						&fbi->fb_start_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (info->screen_base == NULL) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto failed;
+		goto failed_free_info;
 	}
 
 	info->fix.smem_start = (unsigned long)fbi->fb_start_dma;
@@ -772,8 +774,9 @@ failed_free_clk:
 failed_free_fbmem:
 	dma_free_coherent(fbi->dev, info->fix.smem_len,
 			info->screen_base, fbi->fb_start_dma);
-failed:
+failed_free_info:
 	kfree(info);
+failed_put_clk:
 	clk_put(clk);
 
 	dev_err(&pdev->dev, "frame buffer device init failed with %d\n", ret);
diff --git a/drivers/video/savage/savagefb_driver.c b/drivers/video/savage/savagefb_driver.c
index 3b7f2f5bae71..4de541ca9c52 100644
--- a/drivers/video/savage/savagefb_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/video/savage/savagefb_driver.c
@@ -2237,6 +2237,22 @@ static int __devinit savagefb_probe(struct pci_dev* dev,
 				 &info->modelist);
 #endif
 	info->var = savagefb_var800x600x8;
+	/* if a panel was detected, default to a CVT mode instead */
+	if (par->SavagePanelWidth) {
+		struct fb_videomode cvt_mode;
+
+		memset(&cvt_mode, 0, sizeof(cvt_mode));
+		cvt_mode.xres = par->SavagePanelWidth;
+		cvt_mode.yres = par->SavagePanelHeight;
+		cvt_mode.refresh = 60;
+		/* FIXME: if we know there is only the panel
+		 * we can enable reduced blanking as well */
+		if (fb_find_mode_cvt(&cvt_mode, 0, 0))
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "No CVT mode found for panel\n");
+		else if (fb_find_mode(&info->var, info, NULL, NULL, 0,
+				      &cvt_mode, 0) != 3)
+			info->var = savagefb_var800x600x8;
+	}
 
 	if (mode_option) {
 		fb_find_mode(&info->var, info, mode_option,
diff --git a/drivers/video/sh_mobile_lcdcfb.c b/drivers/video/sh_mobile_lcdcfb.c
index 404c03b4b7c7..019dbd3f12b2 100644
--- a/drivers/video/sh_mobile_lcdcfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/sh_mobile_lcdcfb.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static int sh_mobile_lcdc_start(struct sh_mobile_lcdc_priv *priv)
 	unsigned long tmp;
 	int bpp = 0;
 	unsigned long ldddsr;
-	int k, m;
+	int k, m, ret;
 
 	/* enable clocks before accessing the hardware */
 	for (k = 0; k < ARRAY_SIZE(priv->ch); k++) {
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ static int sh_mobile_lcdc_start(struct sh_mobile_lcdc_priv *priv)
 
 		board_cfg = &ch->cfg.board_cfg;
 		if (board_cfg->setup_sys) {
-			int ret = board_cfg->setup_sys(board_cfg->board_data,
+			ret = board_cfg->setup_sys(board_cfg->board_data,
 						ch, &sh_mobile_lcdc_sys_bus_ops);
 			if (ret)
 				return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/video/vga16fb.c b/drivers/video/vga16fb.c
index 53b2c5aae067..305c975b1787 100644
--- a/drivers/video/vga16fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/vga16fb.c
@@ -1265,9 +1265,11 @@ static void vga16fb_imageblit(struct fb_info *info, const struct fb_image *image
 
 static void vga16fb_destroy(struct fb_info *info)
 {
+	struct platform_device *dev = container_of(info->device, struct platform_device, dev);
 	iounmap(info->screen_base);
 	fb_dealloc_cmap(&info->cmap);
 	/* XXX unshare VGA regions */
+	platform_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
 	framebuffer_release(info);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/xen-fbfront.c b/drivers/video/xen-fbfront.c
index a20218c2fda8..beac52fc1c0e 100644
--- a/drivers/video/xen-fbfront.c
+++ b/drivers/video/xen-fbfront.c
@@ -395,10 +395,9 @@ static int __devinit xenfb_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 	spin_lock_init(&info->dirty_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&info->resize_lock);
 
-	info->fb = vmalloc(fb_size);
+	info->fb = vzalloc(fb_size);
 	if (info->fb == NULL)
 		goto error_nomem;
-	memset(info->fb, 0, fb_size);
 
 	info->nr_pages = (fb_size + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;