From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
Subject: Re: VGA1 output no longer detected on IBM R31/i830
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:59:01 +0200
Message-ID: <20140616175901.GC5821@phenom.ffwll.local>
References: <539D8E99.6090406@rus.uni-stuttgart.de>
 <20140615122657.GE27580@intel.com>
 <539DF649.5060406@rus.uni-stuttgart.de>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Return-path: <intel-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org>
Received: from mail-wg0-f52.google.com (mail-wg0-f52.google.com [74.125.82.52])
 by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A33DA6E5B2
 for <intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org>; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 10:59:09 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by mail-wg0-f52.google.com with SMTP id b13so5997883wgh.35
 for <intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org>; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 10:59:08 -0700 (PDT)
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <539DF649.5060406@rus.uni-stuttgart.de>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/options/intel-gfx>,
 <mailto:intel-gfx-request@lists.freedesktop.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx>
List-Post: <mailto:intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org>
List-Help: <mailto:intel-gfx-request@lists.freedesktop.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx>,
 <mailto:intel-gfx-request@lists.freedesktop.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org
Sender: "Intel-gfx" <intel-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org>
To: Thomas Richter <richter@rus.uni-stuttgart.de>
Cc: daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch, intel-gfx <intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org>
List-Id: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org

On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 09:38:49PM +0200, Thomas Richter wrote:
> Am 15.06.2014 14:26, schrieb Ville Syrj=E4l=E4:
> =

> >We all know nightly is rather broken with 830. Nothing new here. I
> >suggest just trying my alm_fixes5 branch.
> =

> Excuse my ignorance, but there is something I do not get. There are patch=
es
> that are tested and working. Having them in an off-side repository does n=
ot
> help users at all, so what stops anyone from either applying these patches
> to the kernel, or alternatively removing the 830/845 support from the
> current i915 driver and create a separate i830 driver from the current
> sources with the patches applied?
> =

> The linux i830 kernel support should be working, and not in the broken st=
ate
> it is right now - the current state of the affair is not very helpful.
> =

> Thanks for keeping the repository, but that's not a solution, at least not
> for most of the remaining users of old hardware.

Repositories with patches are normal procedures until those patches are
properly tested and reviewed. I don't just merge random stuff.
-Daniel
-- =

Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
+41 (0) 79 365 57 48 - http://blog.ffwll.ch