Intel 82915G/GV/910GL, 2.6.36.2: problem with CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS=y

Intel 82915G/GV/910GL, 2.6.36.2: problem with CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS=y

[Harald Dunkel]

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Hi folks,

according to http://bugs.debian.org/607300 I have to rebuild 2.6.36.2
with CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS=y. Problem:

At boot time I get a message "waiting for /dev to be fully populated",
then the screen goes blank and the monitor enters power save mode.
2.6.36.2 without CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS didn't show this problem.

My grub2 configuration says

	GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024
	GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="keep"

If I comment out these 2 lines and rebuild grub.cfg, then the problem
goes away, too. I just get a 80x25 display for grub in this case.


Please mail if I can help to track this down. I would be glad to
help.


Regards

Harri
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Re: Intel 82915G/GV/910GL, 2.6.36.2: problem with CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS=y

[Dave Airlie]

(cc'ing Chris).

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Harald Dunkel <harri@afaics.de> wrote:
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> Hi folks,
>
> according to http://bugs.debian.org/607300 I have to rebuild 2.6.36.2
> with CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS=y. Problem:
>
> At boot time I get a message "waiting for /dev to be fully populated",
> then the screen goes blank and the monitor enters power save mode.
> 2.6.36.2 without CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS didn't show this problem.
>
> My grub2 configuration says
>
>        GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024
>        GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="keep"
>
> If I comment out these 2 lines and rebuild grub.cfg, then the problem
> goes away, too. I just get a 80x25 display for grub in this case.
>

Is this a regression since 2.6.36 or 2.6.35?

Dave.

Re: Intel 82915G/GV/910GL, 2.6.36.2: problem with CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS=y

[Chris Wilson]

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On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:01:26 +1000, Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com> wrote:
> (cc'ing Chris).
> 
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Harald Dunkel <harri@afaics.de> wrote:
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> > Hi folks,
> >
> > according to http://bugs.debian.org/607300 I have to rebuild 2.6.36.2
> > with CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS=y. Problem:
> >
> > At boot time I get a message "waiting for /dev to be fully populated",
> > then the screen goes blank and the monitor enters power save mode.
> > 2.6.36.2 without CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS didn't show this problem.
> >
> > My grub2 configuration says
> >
> >        GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024
> >        GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="keep"
> >
> > If I comment out these 2 lines and rebuild grub.cfg, then the problem
> > goes away, too. I just get a 80x25 display for grub in this case.
> >
> 
> Is this a regression since 2.6.36 or 2.6.35?

Sounds like:

commit 47f1c6c9ffdec0c0e5a2c2709bd63c7380b325c4
Author: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Date:   Fri Dec 3 15:37:31 2010 +0000

    drm/i915: Clean conflicting modesetting registers upon init
    
    If we leave the registers in a conflicting state then when we attempt
    to teardown the active mode, we will not disable the pipes and planes
    in the correct order -- leaving a plane reading from a disabled pipe and
    possibly leading to undefined behaviour.
    
    Reported-and-tested-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
    Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32078
    Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
    Cc: stable@kernel.org

which was prompted by an investigation as to why grub2 was causing a
modesetting failure.
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre

Re: Intel 82915G/GV/910GL, 2.6.36.2: problem with CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS=y

[Harald Dunkel]

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On 12/17/10 02:15, Chris Wilson wrote:
> 
> Sounds like:
> 
> commit 47f1c6c9ffdec0c0e5a2c2709bd63c7380b325c4

I tried 2.6.37-rc6 (which includes this patch): The problem is gone.


Many thanx

Harri
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Re: Intel 82915G/GV/910GL, 2.6.36.2: problem with CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS=y

[Harald Dunkel]

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Hi folks,

On 12/18/10 13:53, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> On 12/17/10 02:15, Chris Wilson wrote:
> 
>> Sounds like:
> 
>> commit 47f1c6c9ffdec0c0e5a2c2709bd63c7380b325c4
> 
> I tried 2.6.37-rc6 (which includes this patch): The problem is gone.
> 

Sorry to say, but that was a mistake. By accident CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS
was _not_ set. I just noticed when I tried rc7.

rc7 built with CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS=yes still boots into a blank screen.


My apologies for the bad confirmation message. Please mail if I can
help.


Regards

Harri
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