Re: i915 drm patches in LTS 4.4.x ?

["gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 08:41:06AM +0000, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> On Tue, 2016-07-19 at 15:06 -0700, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 11:41:02PM +0000, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 2016-07-18 at 13:52 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 02:21:45PM +0000, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I notice there are no I915 DRM patches in going into
> > > > > 4.4.x for a while.
> > > > 
> > > > Define "a while".
> > > 
> > > Not since 4.4.13, may I missed some path though.
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I wonder if the inflow of such patches has stopped or if they are just
> > > > > batched/saved for later?
> > > > 
> > > > I only see 5 pending i915 patches in my stable queue at the moment, not
> > > 
> > > I have a hard time seeing any i915 patches in your queue, must get glasses :)
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > many at all.��Was there something specific you were looking for that did
> > > > not get merged?
> > > > �
> > > 
> > > We have some HP Broadwell laptops which has a problem with external monitors,
> > > they go blank/off intermittently. I think/hope this has been fixed upstream by now but I not sure.
> > > One path caught my eye though was this:
> > > � drm/i915: Revert DisplayPort fast link training feature
> > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/gpu/drm/i915?id=34511dce4b3
> > > 5685d3988d5c8b100d11a068db5bd
> > > 
> > > Is that one in your queue?
> > 
> > Yes it is, I have not gotten to that one yet.
> >�
> 
> I did a quick backport of above patch for 4.4 and had a guy test it his laptop and it did
> fix the problem :)

Can you provide the backport for 4.4 and 4.6-stable trees, as it
currently does not apply for me at all :(

thanks,

greg k-h