BSpec got updated and this workaround is now listed as standard required programming for all subsequent projects. This is confirmed to fix Skylake screen flickering issues (probably caused by the fact that we initialized a ring in the first page of stolen, but I didn't 100% confirm this theory). v2: this is the patch that fixes the screen flickering, document it. Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94605 Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tested-by: Dominik Klementowski <dominik232@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paulo Zanoni <paulo.r.zanoni@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_stolen.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_stolen.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_stolen.c index efc0e74..b1c8897 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_stolen.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_stolen.c @@ -55,10 +55,9 @@ int i915_gem_stolen_insert_node_in_range(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, return -ENODEV; /* See the comment at the drm_mm_init() call for more about this check. - * WaSkipStolenMemoryFirstPage:bdw,chv,kbl (incomplete) + * WaSkipStolenMemoryFirstPage:bdw+ (incomplete) */ - if (start < 4096 && (IS_GEN8(dev_priv) || - IS_KBL_REVID(dev_priv, 0, KBL_REVID_A0))) + if (start < 4096 && INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) >= 8) start = 4096; mutex_lock(&dev_priv->mm.stolen_lock); -- 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
