Using ArchLinux 64, own built kernel (vanilla) with an HD 6950 (CAYMAN).
When testing kernel 3.7-rc1, the screen becomes unreadable. It's either
completely black or in a flickering state making the display unusable. It is
very similar to what was observed in bug 43655.
At the time of bug 43655, the problem had been fixed by
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=81ee8fb6b52ec69eeed37fe7943446af1dccecc5.
So it was working OK with kernel 3.6.
I've bisected between kernel 3.6 and 3.7-rc1 and the faulty identified commit
is the following:
62444b7462a2b98bc78d68736c03a7c4e66ba7e2 is the first bad commit
commit 62444b7462a2b98bc78d68736c03a7c4e66ba7e2
Author: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Date: Wed Aug 15 17:18:42 2012 -0400
drm/radeon: properly handle mc_stop/mc_resume on evergreen+ (v2)
- Stop the displays from accessing the FB
- Block CPU access
- Turn off MC client access
This should fix issues some users have seen, especially
with UEFI, when changing the MC FB location that result
in hangs or display corruption.
v2: fix crtc enabled check noticed by Luca Tettamanti
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
:040000 040000 3e0d33c9b4eda29ced814fe9a863efe63e53f14c
4932561607b160734ec1eade927a9fe18c9f3f1b M drivers