Re: [cip-dev] i915 in 6.12 kernel

[Pavel Machek <pavel@nabladev.com>]

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Hi!

> >> But CIP decided to maintain only a single tree with 6.12, and that means
> >> that we can only accept backports from newer kernels. Unfortunately, the
> >> i915 patches are still not ready for being proposed upstream. I'm not
> >> into their details, you may ask for more details on the linux-rt-users list.
> > 
> > Yes, applying the patches should be relatively easy.
> > 
> > Impression from RT meetings was that cleaning them up so they are of
> > suitable quality for the merge may be more of a challenge. Suggestion
> > would be to avoid i915 hardware if you care about realtime and
> > long-term maintenance.
> 
> For some (or all) newer Intel SoCs, the Xe driver seems to be the
> alternative that does not need downstream patches. I do not fully
> understand if it is the driver for current and future SoCs or if there
> is only partial overlap. Anyway, trying it out if it claims to support a
> given platform would make a lot of sense.

According to chatgpt, anything Tiger lake and newer should be
supported by i915 and Xe drivers. 

Best regards,
							Pavel
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