[PATCH 0/8] drm/bochs: convert bochs to atomic mode-setting

[Emil Velikov]

On 3 March 2016 at 09:28, Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel at redhat.com> wrote:
>   Hi,
>
>> > Did testing a while back & reported back to John (not sure this was in
>> > public on the list as we had some ping-ping emails beforehand due to
>> > some problems of applying the patches).  No new version of the series
>> > since.
>> >
>> The only comment that I can see is this one [1] which was addressed a
>> couple of days later [2].
>> If you have any other comments please bring them up publicly.
>
> Digged the mails up in the archive.
>
Silly me assumed that the MUA will bring up the the whole thread. Will
assume less and post links for the future.

> First, v2 posting was apparently incomplete, only one of the 8 patches
> landed in my inbox.
>
Pretty sure that's intentional since only the first patch has changed.
Up-to recently that was the more commonly used approach on dri-devel.

> John pointed me to
> https://github.com/zhjwpku/gsoc/commits/20150720_no_gpu_addr which I've
> used to test things.
>
> Second, page flipping failed in testing.
>
Thank you for this missing piece of the puzzle. You have to admit that
without it, things looked as if the patches fell through the cracks.

If you can share some tips about the testing procedure and/or actual
issue that would be beneficial. I'm not personally aiming to tackle
this, although the information will be appreciated.

Regards,
Emil