Patch for bug #1912 applied incorrectly to 6.8 branch

[Alex Deucher]

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 01:12:53 +0100, Roland Mainz
<roland.mainz at nrubsig.org> wrote:
> Adam Jackson wrote:
> > > It looks like instead of the second hunk of
> > >
> > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=1433
> > >
> > > a RADEONSetFBLocation() call was added to RADEONAdjustFrame().
> > > RADEONSetFBLocation() should be called as rarely as possible because it
> > > messes with the guts of the GPU memory controller.
> >
> > I think we need to get this backed out before the release, please.
> 
> Unfortunately it's far far too late now... ;-(
> 
> But there will likely be a X11R6.8.3 release to correct such mistakes
> (and most of the patches which were too late, e.g. beyond the
> code-freeze deadline) ...

If we do do a 6.8.3 release lets keep it short and sweet.  I know
there were extenuating circumstances, but 6.8.2 drained way too many
resources and turned into much more than a bug-fix release.  That said
it looks like a solid release.  Bravo to Roland and everyone else
involved.

Alex

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