From: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
To: Patrik Jakobsson <patrik.jakobsson@linux.intel.com>,
intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drm/i915/dmc: Step away from symbolic links
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 15:04:08 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vb2edxaf.fsf@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1463391057-32350-1-git-send-email-patrik.jakobsson@linux.intel.com>
On Mon, 16 May 2016, Patrik Jakobsson <patrik.jakobsson@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> Load specific firmware versions for the DMC instead of using symbolic
> links. The currently recommended versions are: SKL 1.26, KBL 1.01 and
> BXT 1.07.
>
> Certain DMC versions need workarounds in the driver which forces us to
> have a tight dependency between firmware and driver. In order to be able
> to provide a tested and known working configuration we must lock down on
> a specific DMC firmware version.
>
> Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>
> Cc: Imre Deak <imre.deak@intel.com>
> Cc: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Patrik Jakobsson <patrik.jakobsson@linux.intel.com>
On the general idea,
Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
I guess we'll need to keep the symbolic links around in linux-firmware,
pointing to known good firmware versions, and *not* update the links
anymore.
BR,
Jani.
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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-05-10 11:59 [PATCH] drm/i915/dmc: Step away from symbolic links Patrik Jakobsson
2016-05-10 12:45 ` ✗ Ro.CI.BAT: failure for " Patchwork
2016-05-10 12:52 ` [PATCH] " Mika Kuoppala
2016-05-10 15:05 ` Patrik Jakobsson
2016-05-10 17:00 ` Jani Nikula
2016-05-11 9:26 ` Mika Kuoppala
2016-05-16 9:30 ` [PATCH v2] " Patrik Jakobsson
2016-05-16 12:04 ` Jani Nikula [this message]
2016-05-18 10:24 ` Mika Kuoppala
2016-05-23 8:57 ` Patrik Jakobsson
2016-06-15 0:11 ` Vivi, Rodrigo
2016-06-27 10:57 ` Patrik Jakobsson
2016-06-27 11:20 ` Imre Deak
2016-06-27 16:32 ` Vivi, Rodrigo
2016-06-27 16:51 ` Imre Deak
2016-06-27 17:12 ` Vivi, Rodrigo
2016-06-27 18:45 ` Patrik Jakobsson
2016-06-27 21:29 ` Vivi, Rodrigo
2016-05-16 10:00 ` ✓ Ro.CI.BAT: success for drm/i915/dmc: Step away from symbolic links (rev2) Patchwork
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