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From: "René Herman" <rene.herman@gmail.com>
To: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG 2.6.38] drm/i915: rampant video-corruption on Intel 865G
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:19:18 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D8AFE86.7050803@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <849307$c4rj51@azsmga001.ch.intel.com>

On 03/24/2011 09:00 AM, Chris Wilson wrote:

>> I do suppose that one [ the kernel one] should fix things even
>> without the X11 changes? If not, I'd still have a problem until
>> those have made their way through the distributions...
>
> No, the bugs are distinct, but very similar in appearance, and both
> updates are required.

That won't do then, will it? Kernel 2.6.38 then requires a new and not 
even released user space whereas 2.6.37 works fine. I suppose the fix 
will from the kernel side then need to be reverting to .37 behaviour, at 
least on the affected hardware? (855 and 865 at least).

Regards,
Rene

      parent reply	other threads:[~2011-03-24  8:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-23 21:30 [BUG 2.6.38] drm/i915: rampant video-corruption on Intel 865G René Herman
     [not found] ` <849307$c4qsv5@azsmga001.ch.intel.com>
2011-03-24  7:56   ` René Herman
     [not found]     ` <849307$c4rj51@azsmga001.ch.intel.com>
2011-03-24  8:19       ` René Herman [this message]

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