[Intel-gfx] i915 SSC Patch

[Paul Menzel]

Dear Ben,


Am Freitag, den 29.07.2011, 13:55 +0100 schrieb Ben Brewer:
> I've added a global SSC (Spread Spectrum Clock) parameter to the i915 
> driver, since having SSC enabled breaks (distorts) VGA output on some 
> Core i5/i7 chips (see https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38750).
> SSC is still enabled by default so the behaviour won't change but 
> setting the global_use_ssc parameter will turn this feature off and 
> allow affected devices to function correctly (notably the Dell Vostro 3300).
> 
> Numerous people have tested this and reported it working (as seen in the 
> bug report thread) which isn't surprising considering it's a basic 
> modification of Chris Wilsons work.
> 
> Any comments, or anybody willing to include this patch?

You at least need to include your Signed-off-by line [1].

Additionally I do not know if your patch applies against latest master.
So using Git with `git format-patch -s` is recommended.


Thanks,

Paul


[1] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=tree;f=Documentation
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