[Intel-gfx] [ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-intel 2.7.99.901 (2.8.0 rc1)

Thu Jun 11 15:48:21 CEST 2009

Hi Adam

Your means is that When VGA is not plugged with your laptop, log file still shows VGA is connected in KMS?

Thanks
Ma Ling
>-----Original Message-----
>From: intel-gfx-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org 
>[mailto:intel-gfx-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of 
>Adam Lantos
>Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:42 PM
>To: Carl Worth; intel-gfx at lists.freedesktop.org
>Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-intel 
>2.7.99.901 (2.8.0 rc1)
>
>Hi,
>
>I have an external VGA section in my xorg.conf:
>
>Section "Monitor"
>    Identifier "VGA"
>    HorizSync 24-92
>    VertRefresh 43-60
>    Option "Above" "LVDS"
>    Option  "Primary" "false"
>    Option "Modes" "1280x1024 1024x768"
>    Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024"
>EndSection
>
>When starting X with VGA _unplugged_, KMS enables the VGA connector
>and xrandr extendes my desktop.
>
>(II) intel(0): Output VGA1 connected
>(II) intel(0): Output VGA1 using initial mode 1280x1024
>
>[drm] DAC-6: set mode 1280x1024 20
>
>And I still have lots of 'no EDID data' in kernel log for VGA1 
>and LVDS1, too.
>
>
>I've attached my dmesg, xorg log with modedebug and xorg.conf.
>
>
>cheers,
> Adam
>
>
>On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Carl Worth<cworth at cworth.org> wrote:
>> This is the first release candidate in preparation for the upcoming
>> 2.8.0 release. Most critical bugs should be fixed, but some major
>> bugs may still be present. We will appreciate any feedback we can
>> get from testing of this snapshot to improve the 2.8.0 release.
>>
>> Some of the major fixes in this snapshot include:
>>
>>        * Several fixes for intermittent GPU hangs/crashes, (some of
>>          which already appeared in the 2.7.1 release)
>>
>>        * Fix to avoid X crash when viewing large images in browser
>>
>>        * Fix X server failure when running old (non-GEM) kernel
>>
>>        * Fixes for SDVO LVDS mode detection
>>
>>        * Fix major performance regression of trapezoid rendering
>>          compared to XAA/EXA
>>
>>        * New support for tear-free video when using KMS
>>
>>        * New support for tear-free DRI2 CopyRegion
>>
>>        * And many more...
>>
>> -Carl
>>
>> How to get the release
>> ======================
>> git tag: 2.7.99.901
>>
>> 
>http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/driver/xf86-vide
>o-intel-2.7.99.901.tar.bz2
>> MD5: bd2052cb77094aaea76bf9d6e1ce8ce6  
>xf86-video-intel-2.7.99.901.tar.bz2
>> SHA1: 8c32e4cb54a739d98b9cdcf48355403350136712  
>xf86-video-intel-2.7.99.901.tar.bz2
>>
>> 
>http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/driver/xf86-vide
>o-intel-2.7.99.901.tar.gz
>> MD5: 81184dcf98a035882a4f023bf50aa356  
>xf86-video-intel-2.7.99.901.tar.gz
>> SHA1: f6b47ca218ae2b76392d619106d9b35a5e63cd7a  
>xf86-video-intel-2.7.99.901.tar.gz
>>
>>
>> All changes from 2.7.99.1 to 2.7.99.901
>> =======================================
>> Adam Jackson (1):
>>      Remove useless loader symbol lists.
>>
>> Alan Coopersmith (1):
>>      Fix "Unkown" typo in two FatalError messages
>>
>> Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz (1):
>>      Restore CFLAGS after tests.
>>
>> Carl Worth (8):
>>      Add doltlibtool to DISTCLEANFILES
>>      RELEASING: Better instructions for where to send announcements
>>      Use libdrm to lookup pipe for tear-free sync of XV
>>      Revert "Rely on BO pixmaps being present in acceleration paths."
>>      Rename i830_exa.c to i830_uxa.c
>>      UXA: Rasterize trapezoids to system memory, not a pixmap
>>      NEWS: Summarize new developments for 2.7.99.901
>>      Increment version to 2.7.99.901
>>
>> Eric Anholt (9):
>>      Remove dead "avail" variable from XAA stuff.
>>      Only sync XV to vblank when drawing to the frontbuffer.
>>      Don't do GTT maps on objects bigger than half the 
>available aperture size.
>>      Fix backwards logic on whether to sync to vblank or not.
>>      Open the DRM and keep the handle throughout server 
>startup to finish.
>>      Fold GEM detection into DRM master open.
>>      Replace some pixmap-related idioms with inline 
>functions to do so.
>>      Fix some drawable abuse in i830_dri.c
>>      Fix segfault in DRI2 vblank syncing if the region isn't 
>onscreen.
>>
>> Jesse Barnes (3):
>>      Add new have_gem flag
>>      Add --enable-debug flag to configure
>>      Sync DRI2 CopyRegion to vertical retrace
>>
>> Keith Packard (14):
>>      Allow cursors to roam past 2048x2048 limit.
>>      intel_batch_start_atomic: fix size passed to 
>intel_batch_require_space (*4)
>>      Leave allocator running until lower-level CloseScreens are done
>>      Don't bother to enable VF statistics during 965 video playback
>>      3D_STATE_VERTEX_BUFFERS takes four 32-bit values, not three.
>>      Hold reference to video binding table until all rects 
>are painted.
>>      Revert "Leave allocator running until lower-level 
>CloseScreens are done"
>>      Call down to lower CloseScreen before shutting down DRM 
>allocator
>>      Split i915 textured video commands to fit into batch buffers.
>>      Fallback when VT inactive
>>      Add DP link and GMCH M and N registers
>>      Load i915 and fbcon when checking for KMS
>>      If DRM can't figure out which pipe to sync on, then 
>don't sync at all.
>>      Use drm_intel_bo_disable_reuse API to flag scanout and 
>cursor buffers
>>
>> Kristian Høgsberg (2):
>>      Only return FALSE when dri_bo_map() fails
>>      Fall back to fb pixmaps for backing glyph pictures
>>
>> Li Shao Hua (1):
>>      switch XvMC to gem
>>
>> Lukasz Kurylo (1):
>>      DRI2 copyregion: don't wait for scanlines that won't happen
>>
>> Ma Ling (4):
>>      Set activation periods as 64 cdclk sync up with KMS
>>      Wait doubled regis to be stable for load pipe detection
>>      Fetch mode line from VBT, then keep it.
>>      Provide mode line from VBT to xorg.
>>
>> Stijn van Drongelen (1):
>>      Fix typo in (unused) INTEL_BIOS_32 macro
>>
>> Wu Fengguang (2):
>>      Remove the offset parameter from i830_allocator_init()
>>      README: kill an evil dot
>>
>> Xiang Hai hao (1):
>>      DRI2 for XvMC
>>
>> Xiang, Haihao (1):
>>      xvmc: don't include xf86dri.h
>>
>> Zhenyu Wang (8):
>>      xvmc: move 965 mc media programs to shader/mc directory
>>      xvmc: add missed vld g4i sources in Makefile and fix distcheck
>>      Add new chipsets PCI ids
>>      Remove fixed MMIO size
>>      Update intel_gtt utility for new chipset GTT check
>>      Add new register definitions
>>      Disable composite on new chipset for now
>>      Add new chipset register dumps
>>
>> Zou Nan hai (5):
>>      XvMC VLD extension support for G4X
>>      enable UV half pixel
>>      fix
>>      enable MC on g45 for player without vld patch
>>      add missing files for previous commit
>>
>>
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