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

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> > Digged the mails up in the archive.
> >
> Silly me assumed that the MUA will bring up the the whole thread.

If your mbox goes back that far ...

I usually have a few months history in my mailbox folders which is
enough in the vast majority of the cases where I have to check some past
mail, but wasn't in this case.

> 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.

Ah, ok.  That explains it.

> > 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.

> If you can share some tips about the testing procedure and/or actual
> issue that would be beneficial.

Simple: wayland breaks.  kmscon uses pageflips too and can also be used
for testing (and this is alot easier in case your distro hasn't packaged
up wayland).

cheers,
  Gerd