[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Use the first mode if there is no preferred mode in the EDID

[Chris Wilson]

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:13:01AM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2014, Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen at t-online.de> wrote:
> > On 13.05.2014 22:24, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> >> On Tue, 13 May 2014 16:50:12 +0100
> >> Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 04:07:37PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> >>>> This matches the algorithm used by earlier kernels when selecting the
> >>>> mode for the fbcon. And only if there is no modes at all, do we fall
> >>>> back to using the BIOS configuration. Seamless transition is still
> >>>> preserved (from the BIOS configuration to ours) so long as the BIOS has
> >>>> also chosen what we hope is the native configuration.
> >>>>
> >>>> Reported-by: Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen at t-online.de>
> >>>> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78655
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> >>>> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> 
> > I don't think that Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org is necessary, kernels up
> > to 3.14.x don't expose the problem. And as this fixes a post-3.14
> > regression this is a clear candidate for 3.15
> 
> Chris, do we drop cc: stable?

The switch-over was in 3.15, then yes the regression is only limited to
3.15
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre