Re: 2.6.38-rc3-git1: Reported regressions 2.6.36 -> 2.6.37

Carlos R. Mafra
2011-02-04T07:05:46Z

On Thu 3.Feb'11 at 17:11:14 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Keith Packard <keithp-aN4HjG94KOLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> > The goal is to make it so that when you *do* set a mode, DPMS gets set
> > to ON (as the monitor will actually be "on" at that point). Here's a
> > patch which does the DPMS_ON precisely when setting a mode.
>
> Ok, patch looks sane, but it does leave me with the "what about the
> 'fb_changed' case?" question. Is that case basically guaranteed to not
> change any existing dpms state?
>
> > (note, this patch compiles, but is otherwise only lightly tested).
>
> Carlos? Takashi? Ignore my crazy patch, try this one instead. Does it
> fix things for you?

Yes! (tested on top of 2.6.38-rc3+).

Thanks to everyone involved!