[Nouveau] nv50 mouse cursor disappears hourly

[Xavier Chantry]

2010/3/15 Xavier Chantry <chantry.xavier at gmail.com>:
>
> Since 2010-02-17 is right after the ABI break, this should not cause
> any problems, so I would just move back to this older kernel first
> with git checkout and check for some period that it indeed works.
> And if it does work, start a bisection between these two dates.
>
> Looking back at this commit range, there is the nv50 ctxprog right in
> the middle.
> So maybe it would be a good idea to try this nouveau module parameter first :
> parm:           ctxfw:Use external firmware blob for grctx init (NV40) (int)
>
> (it seems the param description needs an update for NV50 ;) )
>

I should always ask first people who know better :)

20:19 < mwk> shining: fwiw, ctxprog generator shouldn't be the one
causing cursor screwups
20:19 < mwk> it deals with entirely different area of card
20:19 < mwk> ctxprog == PGRAPH, cursor == PDISPLAY
20:19 < mwk> evoch == PDISPLAY too