Re: PROBLEM: i915 modesetting - weird offset graphics (v2.6.37-rc1-27-gff8b16d)

[Jon Masters <jonathan@jonmasters.org>]

On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 18:14 -0400, Jon Masters wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 13:41 +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:37:01 -0400, Jon Masters <jonathan@jonmasters.org> wrote:
> > > Also, the intel-gfx list is moderated with auto-rejection. Do I really
> > > need to subscribe to the list just to get a mail through?
> > 
> > A few of the Intel gfx engineers are at Plumbers. If you tell Jesse about
> > it, he may be able to convince the powers-that-be to change the policy.
> 
> I didn't see this mail in time. I did show a few folks the corruption,
> ran the kernel with drm.debug=4, etc. and checked the modelines. xrandr
> and the kernel seem to report the same modes each time, but obviously
> the display is shifted. I see various changes in git (everything from
> EDID reading to actual modeline changes in the i915 code - various weird
> margin settings seem to exist that might well cause some offset in the
> display) that could be responsible, so I will bisect it now for you.

Bisection is running. Should post something over the weekend.

Jon.