Thank you for the contact, Ben. I will follow up with them. FWIW, this patch does not even seem to work properly. While it does change the max supported size reported by xrandr, trying to use the space just results in an error.
Bug#894089: linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64: Please fix max supported i915 screen (not display) resolution
- Bug#894089: linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64: Please f... Marcin Owsiany
- Bug#894089: linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64: Ple... Ben Hutchings
- Bug#894089: linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64:... Marcin Owsiany
- Processed: Re: Bug#894089: linux-image-4.9... Debian Bug Tracking System

