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From: Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
To: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: i810 only partially usable
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:41:25 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52406125.9070709@earthlink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130923145134.GJ8482@nuc-i3427.alporthouse.com>

On 2013-09-23 15:51 (GMT+0100) Chris Wilson composed:

> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:13:02AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:

>> Did Adam already fix this? Will you be including this among your
>> next submits? Do I need to file a bug first?

> You have reported the bug, I've sent the patch onwards. It would be most
> useful if you could test it, but I'm optimistic that Adam would be able
> to review it without.

:-)

>> ...I just test what
>> others package, and get frustrated by comments like this one:
>> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66462#c10

> I am suggesting that there is a large known change in behaviour with
> recent Xservers which is very likely to impact upon you. I am sorry you
> find our requests for feedback frustrating, we too find it frustrating
> not to be in a position to test ideas and fixes ourselves, and very much
> rely on your good selves to both report issues and help us diagnose them.

The frustration is not the comment itself, but the obstacle in needing to 
build a binary to be able to test the efficacy of the patch. Might having a 
Gentoo installation facilitate such tests by non-programmers like me who 
normally use a dpkg or rpm distro and don't how to use developer tools?
-- 
"The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant
words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)

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  reply	other threads:[~2013-09-23 15:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-23  0:45 i810 only partially usable Felix Miata
2013-09-23  8:22 ` Chris Wilson
2013-09-23 14:13   ` Felix Miata
2013-09-23 14:51     ` Chris Wilson
2013-09-23 15:41       ` Felix Miata [this message]
2013-09-24  9:07         ` Daniel Vetter
2013-09-24 14:44           ` Felix Miata
2013-10-04 23:32 ` Felix Miata
2013-10-08  4:06   ` Felix Miata
2013-10-08 20:02     ` Felix Miata

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