Re: [git pull drm fixes

Pekka Enberg
2011-08-05T09:51:43Z

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Isn't "drm/i915: Try enabling RC6 by default (again)" still broken for
>> some people? Keith, Francesco? If Linus pulls now, we end up with
>> broken i915 in -rc1 once again, no?
>
> I think we are trying again with RC6, if it doesn't work this time,
> it'll get reverted before release. Its really a useful feature and the
> more testing of it the Intel guys can get the quicker they seem to be
> able to make it more likely to be the default.

Please don't do that! The RC6 patch is known to be broken for at least
one configuration:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1033782/

See the last email from Francesco. I don't know why you insist pushing
patches that are known to be fragile in the past without getting broad
Tested-by tags from people who have been affected in the past.

Pekka