[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915: Adding a warning to FBC description

Ben Widawsky ben at bwidawsk.net
Tue Jan 29 00:32:16 CET 2013


It should only be used with caution...

Signed-off-by: Ben Widawsky <ben at bwidawsk.net>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 9cc8f87..912db3a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ int i915_enable_fbc __read_mostly = -1;
 module_param_named(i915_enable_fbc, i915_enable_fbc, int, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(i915_enable_fbc,
 		"Enable frame buffer compression for power savings "
+		"WARNING: FBC has been implicated in hangs over the years, and should likely be left to the default value. "
 		"(default: -1 (use per-chip default))");
 
 unsigned int i915_lvds_downclock __read_mostly = 0;
-- 
1.8.1.1




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