[Intel-gfx] [git pull] i915 fixes

[Dave Airlie]

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Jim Gettys <jg at freedesktop.org> wrote:
> On 03/07/2011 04:28 PM, Jim Gettys wrote:
>>
>> On 03/07/2011 07:00 AM, Chris Wilson wrote:
>>>
>>> Dave, hopefully this completes the regression fixes for .38. There is
>>> still some doubt over eDP, with 011b9910bdaf failing for Jim Gettys but
>>> seeming required for other (currently working in .37) machines. And
>>> despite Linus's intervention, backlight controls are still broken for
>>> some
>>> users.
>>
>> FWIW:
>>
>> The failure is not so common for me as to claim the change should not go
>> in; and my work around is to suspend/resume the system again.
>>
>> It's mostly niggling discomfort that there is still something about eDP
>> we still don't understand...
>>
>> The remaining question, of course, is whether the other fixes in the
>> final release will continue the fine year long tradition of completely
>> breaking my laptop in Linus' releases yet again ;-).
>
> Well, Chris' tree with the last set of patches works about the same as
> Linus' rc7; still exhibits the flashing bug, but suspending again can get it
> to go away.  So maybe we can avoid the completely broken Linus release this
> time (knock on wooden head); certainly we're well beyond the previous state
> where installation required serious gymnastics.

drm-intel-next on my HP laptop fails on boot with some GMBUS error and I have
to s/r to see gdm on it ;-)

We have a week more with rc8 so maybe we can get some movement or ideas.

Dave.