i386 port no longer bootable on non-SSE CPUs

2015-02-20 Thread Andrew Wilcox
which part of this commit is causing it. Best, Andrew -- Andrew Wilcox, C/C++/Python developer, kernel hacker Blog: http://blog.foxkit.us/ WWW: http://foxkit.us/ GitHub: https://github.com/awilfox ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http

RE: drm2 regression: backlight adjustment on ivybridge no longer works

2015-02-01 Thread Andrew Wilcox
0 7 13 20 27 33 40 47 53 60 67 73 80 87 93 100 What revision of -CURRENT are you running? What is the outcome of trying the patch posted Saturday morning (UTC) from Elizabeth Myers (message ID 54cc5311.9070...@interlinked.me)? Andrew -- Andrew Wilcox, C/C++/Python developer, kernel hacker Blog

RE: drm2 regression: backlight adjustment on ivybridge no longer works

2015-01-27 Thread Andrew Wilcox
the firmware of my laptop 0s memory on EFI boot. I have uploaded a diff here that I believe may fix this. Please test and let me know: http://foxkit.us/FreeBSD/i915-uninitialised-var-fix.diff Best, Andrew -- Andrew Wilcox, C/C++/Python developer, kernel hacker Blog: http://blog.foxkit.us

RE: drm2 regression: backlight adjustment on ivybridge no longer works

2015-01-27 Thread Andrew Wilcox
kernel? (This shouldn't be necessary, but I am trying to gather all details.) Let's start there and see if we can pin down a cause. Best, Andrew -- Andrew Wilcox, C/C++/Python developer, kernel hacker Blog: http://blog.foxkit.us/ WWW: http://foxkit.us/ GitHub: https://github.com/awilfox

RE: drm2 regression: backlight adjustment on ivybridge no longer works

2015-01-26 Thread Andrew Wilcox
to build on FreeBSD. It also has better granularity (the stepping is 2-3). If there is anything I can do/run to aide in debugging why it works for me but not others, let me know. Best, Andrew -- Andrew Wilcox, C/C++/Python developer, kernel hacker Blog: http://blog.foxkit.us/ WWW: http