[Intel-gfx] VGA1 output no longer detected on IBM R31/i830

[Daniel Vetter]

On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 09:38:49PM +0200, Thomas Richter wrote:
> Am 15.06.2014 14:26, schrieb Ville Syrjälä:
> 
> >We all know nightly is rather broken with 830. Nothing new here. I
> >suggest just trying my alm_fixes5 branch.
> 
> Excuse my ignorance, but there is something I do not get. There are patches
> that are tested and working. Having them in an off-side repository does not
> help users at all, so what stops anyone from either applying these patches
> to the kernel, or alternatively removing the 830/845 support from the
> current i915 driver and create a separate i830 driver from the current
> sources with the patches applied?
> 
> The linux i830 kernel support should be working, and not in the broken state
> it is right now - the current state of the affair is not very helpful.
> 
> Thanks for keeping the repository, but that's not a solution, at least not
> for most of the remaining users of old hardware.

Repositories with patches are normal procedures until those patches are
properly tested and reviewed. I don't just merge random stuff.
-Daniel
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