From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (gabe.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6E4B8C02196 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2025 21:25:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CA4C10E2EA; Fri, 7 Feb 2025 21:25:13 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: gabe.freedesktop.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b="Q68Z0jTz"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [198.175.65.9]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B52DE10E0CF for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2025 21:25:11 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1738963512; x=1770499512; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references: mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to; bh=7L3ixYfTsaP7rFnG+ESE5SNyTo/GFA6XhfEUot2jRQ0=; b=Q68Z0jTzQ9JcvlPjeqOfrTIpsBZodeASvI6quEDbz+HJOXwcw3JQWnEY Y3IkEvUCn1pHSUv/grlJMM3Zg4hC63syAdQn4IKVfH+iPK4Ahc80SO3lJ 9RsPPBgrs+RVsRlyxLB/8sb3sgYz1kS3FpMZhwQoz9Nlg1pv2BfoXGo3f hfsMVuKsGNQ58wosuXQB2MT5ztn/s9nLD6krT+mxQJaJOr7Ws4UHWCz2D bJAlpghsXH8t64ej6sFpiXTHhCm+UY0+bKqLhtIRLOkM6R4PAuRDd+o1f 8GpualfjehtWMtw+2vkRpgjVYCZP0Rzd/WCHtGJwkCtaZUNtsT/i7xUcH w==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: ZuFxEGWRSg2lBWbqQLKSzQ== X-CSE-MsgGUID: KTIEInyHQ7qPC50cpgKr4Q== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6700,10204,11338"; a="62093888" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.13,268,1732608000"; d="scan'208";a="62093888" Received: from fmviesa008.fm.intel.com ([10.60.135.148]) by orvoesa101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 07 Feb 2025 13:25:12 -0800 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: wiwX/1SFREOBN+/NqFV19g== X-CSE-MsgGUID: dXIhrQO4RvKSxwp1Piw/6w== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.13,268,1732608000"; d="scan'208";a="111847039" Received: from stinkpipe.fi.intel.com (HELO stinkbox) ([10.237.72.74]) by fmviesa008.fm.intel.com with SMTP; 07 Feb 2025 13:25:08 -0800 Received: by stinkbox (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 07 Feb 2025 23:25:07 +0200 Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 23:25:07 +0200 From: Ville =?iso-8859-1?Q?Syrj=E4l=E4?= To: Povilas Kanapickas Cc: "xorg-devel@lists.x.org" , intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, chris@chris-wilson.co.uk Subject: Re: xf86-video-intel is broken and with MRs disables we can't fix it Message-ID: References: <1e5b5275-d194-4af0-8927-f5b93416a407@radix.lt> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1e5b5275-d194-4af0-8927-f5b93416a407@radix.lt> X-Patchwork-Hint: comment X-BeenThere: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Intel graphics driver community testing & development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "Intel-gfx" On Fri, Feb 07, 2025 at 08:57:34PM +0200, Povilas Kanapickas wrote: > Hi, > > xf86-video-intel driver is currently cannot be compiled with released > versions of X server. Simple reproduction steps: create Debian Bookworm > container, download module sources and all required dependencies and try > to build. Builds fine on my Gentoo boxes here. What are the actual issues you are seeing? > > Debian Bookworm is pretty much the least exciting configuration > possible. And the fact that xf86-video-intel cannot be compiled there is > not good. > > For almost any other driver this is not a problem, because it is > possible to create a merge request on gitlab.freedesktop.org. Eventually > simple maintenance and build-related merge requests are merged. However > in the case of Intel driver, merge requests are disabled and the > recommended way to submit patches is via intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org > mailing list. Unfortunately, patches submitted so far are ignored there. I've not seen any patches on the list. Care to point them out? > > Given that the last commit to xf86-video-intel was 22 months ago, I > suspect there's little interest from Intel to spend time maintaining the > project. You must be looking at some stale repo. My last commit was commit ce811e78882d9f31636351dfe65351f4ded52c74 Author: Ville Syrjälä AuthorDate: Sat Mar 18 15:45:44 2023 +0200 Commit: Ville Syrjälä CommitDate: Tue May 7 00:32:24 2024 +0300 > > What do you think about opening up merge requests on the repository so > that at least the driver can be brought back to compilable state? Does > anyone have other ideas how the current situation could be resolved? I wouldn't want to deal with mrs for any high volume stuff, but since this only gets the occasional fix I guess it could work. -- Ville Syrjälä Intel