Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 13285] New: INTELFB: Colors display incorrectly

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

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On Tue, 12 May 2009 01:40:48 GMT
bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:

> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13285
> 
>            Summary: INTELFB: Colors display incorrectly
>            Product: Drivers
>            Version: 2.5
>     Kernel Version: 2.6.30-rc5

This is a post-2.6.29 regression.

>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: Console/Framebuffers
>         AssignedTo: jsimmons@infradead.org
>         ReportedBy: samanddeanus@yahoo.com
>         Regression: Yes
> 
> 
> On my system, the colors are displaying incorrectly when using the Intel
> framebuffer.  For example the Tux penguin logo has a blue background, and when
> I start X11 with the fbdev drivers, the xterm also has a blue background, when
> it is set up to have a white background.
> 
> This does not occur in kernel 2.6.29 -- I can see the Tasmanian devil in a
> penguin mask (Tuz) just fine and can view images, etc on the framebuffer.
> 

The only change to drivers/video/intelfb/ since 2.6.29 was
347486bb108fa6e0fd2753c1be3519d6be2516ed ("intelfb: support i854")
which added a device ID.

Do we think that this regression is due to fbdev changes, or to DRI
changes?

Thanks.

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