i915: wrong framebuffer size in 2.6.36-rc3

[Pekka Enberg]

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Sven Joachim <svenjoac at gmx.de> wrote:
> On my laptop which has a 1280x800 display, only the upper left 848x480
> pixels are used on the console in 2.6.36-rc3.  The resolution is
> correct, but /sys/class/graphics/fb0/modes looks like this:
>
> U:848x480p-0
>
> This is a regression from 2.6.35.  The graphics card according to lspci:
>
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS,
> 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Yeah, you're not alone on this:

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/23/452