On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Jim Gettys <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/07/2011 04:28 PM, Jim Gettys wrote: >> >> On 03/07/2011 07:00 AM, Chris Wilson wrote: >>> >>> Dave, hopefully this completes the regression fixes for .38. There is >>> still some doubt over eDP, with 011b9910bdaf failing for Jim Gettys but >>> seeming required for other (currently working in .37) machines. And >>> despite Linus's intervention, backlight controls are still broken for >>> some >>> users. >> >> FWIW: >> >> The failure is not so common for me as to claim the change should not go >> in; and my work around is to suspend/resume the system again. >> >> It's mostly niggling discomfort that there is still something about eDP >> we still don't understand... >> >> The remaining question, of course, is whether the other fixes in the >> final release will continue the fine year long tradition of completely >> breaking my laptop in Linus' releases yet again ;-). > > Well, Chris' tree with the last set of patches works about the same as > Linus' rc7; still exhibits the flashing bug, but suspending again can get it > to go away. So maybe we can avoid the completely broken Linus release this > time (knock on wooden head); certainly we're well beyond the previous state > where installation required serious gymnastics.
drm-intel-next on my HP laptop fails on boot with some GMBUS error and I have to s/r to see gdm on it ;-) We have a week more with rc8 so maybe we can get some movement or ideas. Dave. _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
