Comment # 29
on bug 98505
from Alex Deucher
(In reply to Peter Wu from comment #23) > Alex, I don't think that the minimum date should change in 4.8 (and 4.9?) > due to the risk of breakage since it is not just limited to amdgpu/radeon. > Another concern is that while the year seems a good heuristic, it does not > match the checks that Windows 8 performs (which may or may not be an issue): > https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/drivers/bringup/firmware- > requirements-for-d3cold I agree that using the date is probably not a good idea, but it's what we have now. Adjusting the date seems lower impact than changing the policy for these kernels. > > I'll bring this up with linux-pci developers after the weekend. Should I > proceed with proposing workaround amdgpu/radeon patches? Sounds good. I generally don't like hacking around this in the driver, but I guess it's better than nothing at this point. Thanks for your help with this.
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