[Intel-gfx] i915_init takes a full second of kernel init time

Keith Packard keithp at keithp.com
Thu Dec 15 23:22:51 CET 2011


On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:48:00 -0800, Scott James Remnant <keybuk at google.com> wrote:

> This gives us a significant chunk of time back (>0.5s) - what would be
> the downside of carrying a revert to this patch?

It fails to light up some LVDS panels, causing machines to not be
usable.

That's generally what we've found when we try to take short-cuts through
the mode setting code; many machines will work fine, but a few take
their pixels and go home.

-- 
keith.packard at intel.com
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