On Mon, 2012-10-01 at 03:24 -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi Ben, > > Please consider > > cc22a938fc1d drm/i915: add Ivy Bridge GT2 Server entries, 2012-03-29 > > for application to the 3.2.y tree. It adds a PCI id to the i915 > driver, making kms work. It was applied during the 3.4-rc2 cycle, so > newer stable kernels don't need it. > > Maik Zumstrull tried it[1] on top of 3.2.30 and found it to work ok > (thanks!). > > Note that pre-2.4.34 versions of libdrm don't cope well with that > card, with or without this patch: [...] > - with this patch, and with libdrm lacking 2.4.34~22 and 2.4.38~10, > X freezes at startup. > > "No regressions" means you probably shouldn't take this patch without > a safety to work around the old X userspace, [...] Then this workaround is also required in mainline. And once that's done, I can take both patches. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings You can't have everything. Where would you put it?
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