From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Wilson Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/i915: quirk away broken OpRegion VBT Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:03:08 +0000 Message-ID: <1332630192_79110@CP5-2952> References: <1332629490-6219-1-git-send-email-daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from fireflyinternet.com (smtp.fireflyinternet.com [109.228.6.236]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EE409E7E4 for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:03:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1332629490-6219-1-git-send-email-daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org To: Intel Graphics Development Cc: Daniel Vetter , stable@kernel.org List-Id: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:51:30 +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote: > Somehow the BIOS manages to screw things up when copying the VBT > around, because the one we scrap from the VBIOS rom actually works. > > Cc: stable@kernel.org > Tested-by: Markus Heinz > Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28812 > Signed-Off-by: Daniel Vetter That completely disproves my theory that the BIOS writers that went to the extra trouble to implement the OpRegion specification would be more likely to get it right and to make the information stored there accurate. Acked-by: Chris Wilson -Chris -- Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre