[PATCH 00/14] mgag200 fixes

[Takashi Iwai]

On Tue, 01 Aug 2017 21:25:11 +0200,
Mathieu Larouche wrote:
> 
> On 18/07/2017 10:43 AM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > this is a summer cleanup sale, a patchset containing various fixes for
> > mgag200 driver taken from openSUSE / SUSE kernels.  They have been in
> > our kernels for ages, so at least they are supposed to be stable.
> >
> > Most of patches came from Egbert, and one PM patch from me that is a
> > resubmission of the once-post-and-lost patch.
> >
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Takashi
> >
> > ===
> >
> > Egbert Eich (13):
> >    drm/mgag200: Add doublescan and interlace support
> >    drm/mgag200: Add additional limits for certain G200 variants
> >    drm/mgag200: Fix memleak in error path in mgag200_bo_create()
> >    drm/mgag200: Free container instead of member in
> >      mga_user_framebuffer_destroy()
> >    drm/mgag200: Initialize data needed to map fbdev memory
> >    drm/mgag200: Simplify function mgag200_ttm_placement()
> >    drm/mgag200: Add support for MATROX PCI device IDs 0x520 and 0x521
> >    drm/mgag200: Cleanup cursor BOs properly
> >    drm/mgag200: Add missing drm_connector_unregister()
> >    drm/mgag200: Don't use crtc_* parameters for validation
> >    drm/mgag200: Consolidate depth/bpp handling
> >    drm/mgag200: Add command line option to specify preferred depth
> >    drm/mgag200: Add mode validation debugging code
> >
> > Takashi Iwai (1):
> >    drm/mgag200: Implement basic PM support
> >
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.c  |  54 +++++++++++
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.h  |  22 +++--
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_fb.c   |  14 +--
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_main.c | 146 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_mode.c | 166 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_ttm.c  |  11 ++-
> >   6 files changed, 357 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
> >
> 
> Patches were tested against G200eW3, G200e4 & G200eH3 and it's working
> fine and we haven't seen any issues.

Thanks for testing!

> There's one thing though, the patch "[PATCH 01/14] drm/mgag200: Add
> doublescan and interlace support" may cause problems as doublescan and
> interlace aren't tested and aren't officially supported on the G200
> server line products. So, I'm wondering if it shouldn't be kept
> disabled for them.

OK, that's good to know.  My understanding is that the patch was
brought only for adapting the UMS X driver quality, but not for
actually fixing the real bugs.  Let's drop that patch, then.


Takashi