[ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-amdgpu 18.0.0

[Michel Dänzer]

On 2018-03-04 08:25 AM, Mario Kleiner wrote:
> Hi Michel,
> 
> wrt. our conversation from ~ 1 month ago:
> 
> On 01/22/2018 07:01 PM, Michel Dänzer wrote:
>> On 2018-01-22 03:14 AM, Mario Kleiner wrote:
>>
>>> When testing against current master in dual-x-screen mode,
>>> i found out that the current ati-ddx commit at the top 1fe8ca75974c52
>>> "Keep track of how many SW cursors are visible on each screen"
>>> breaks multi x-screen setups by screwing up cursor handling.
>>
>> I stumbled over this myself the other day. There's an issue with the
>> (un)wrapping of miPointerSpriteFuncRec entries. Not sure yet what
>> exactly's wrong with it though. I'll look into it.
>>
> 
> Has the multi-x-screen breakage been fixed for amdgpu 18.0.0? I can't
> see a commit hinting at a fix, and i assume it was broken by the new HW
> cursor + pageflip logic, just as in the xf86-video-ati case? I can't
> test anything myself atm. as my only  amdgpu capable gpu has left me :(
> 
> Broken multi-x-screen from an official driver release ending in a distro
> would be a big problem for many vision scientists, as they depend on AMD
> + dual-x-screen support for their work.

Crap, I forgot about this issue. :(

I'll try fixing it ASAP and making a point release by the end of next
week. Apologies for any inconvenience.


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