Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH 1/3] drm/i915: set up PIPECONF explicitly on ilk-ivb

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On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 12:54:57AM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> Dragging random garbage along from the BIOS isn't a good idea, since
> we really only support exactly what we've set up.

And hopefully we will get failures in the BIOS -> KMS transition making
it much clearer what was missed. Rather than some random modeset in the
future where we switch pipes or outputs or configuration or the weather
changes.

There were some bits that we don't set in pipeconf (mostly for frame
offset and other esoteric features) that look like they might be used
one day, but as above, we already have problems if they are needed.

For the series,
Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

However, I don't think I would be so bold as to tag this for stable.
-Chris

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