[PULL] remove drm_sman and some i815 fixes

Daniel Vetter daniel at ffwll.ch
Fri Dec 23 12:57:47 PST 2011


On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 03:36:25PM +0000, James Simmons wrote:
> 
> > > > > Last attempt at your branch still had problem. Start I didn't have time 
> > > > > track down the exact issue. I'm cloning the below branch and will test it.
> > > > > Thanks for cleanup.
> > > > 
> > > > Jakob Bornecrantz quickly tested my attempt at fixing the deadlock you've
> > > > reported and noticed that the X server fails to start up (and that the
> > > > kernel hangs). Is that the same you're seeing?
> > > 
> > > What was just merged to drm-next works fine. Its the reclaim buffer 
> > > patches that cause the problem. In my case the X server starts but I get  
> > > a blank screen. I have full debug on so this is what happens.
> > 
> > Thanks for testing and gathering the logs.
> > 
> > Judging from the dmesg you've attached the via driver opens and closes the
> > via drm node at least twice while starting X. Which explains why things
> > blow up for you and Jakob already at startup. But ...
> 
> > Can you please retest with that and again grab the dmesg with full
> > logging? Jakob reported that this still blows up, so there's a problem
> > left somewhere. But I've rechecked the patches and couldn't see it.
> 
> Done. Using your latest branch.

Ok, I've noticed another problem that might or might not be the issue
here. Updated my kill-with-fire branch. Direct link to the new patch:

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~danvet/drm/patch/?id=b22d66d226aeb22371175b7f7d69b408bc4c1ef7

Thanks a lot for testing all this crap.

Cheers, Daniel
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