Added initramfs-tools because i915_bpo needs to be added to the list of
modules to include.
** Also affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Summary changed:
- Backport more recent driver for Kabylake and Broxton graphics
+ Backport more recent driver for SKL, KBL and BXT graphics
** Description changed:
- We need to support Kabylake (KBL) and Broxton (BXT) graphics in xenial,
- but the kernel driver is not fresh enough for proper support.
+ We need to support Skylake (SKL), Kabylake (KBL) and Broxton (BXT)
+ graphics in xenial, but the kernel driver is not fresh enough for proper
+ support.
For the kernel the plan is to provide a separate driver module
- (i915_bpo) like for Skylake in vivid. The drm/i915 driver in 4.4 is not
- recent enough for KBL/BXT, so pulling the driver from current drm-intel-
- next branch would provide what'll end up in 4.6. The i915 drivers will
- be modified so that only i915_bpo loads on KBL/BXT machines, and only
- there. The driver will get further updates along the way, and possibly
- also rebased to a later kernel release.
+ (i915_bpo) like for Skylake/Broadwell/Braswell in vivid. The drm/i915
+ driver in 4.4 is not recent enough for SKL/KBL/BXT, so pulling the
+ driver from current drm-intel-next branch would provide what'll end up
+ in 4.6. The i915 drivers will be modified so that only i915_bpo loads on
+ SKL/KBL/BXT machines, and only there. The driver will get further
+ updates along the way, and possibly also rebased to a later kernel
+ release.
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Backport more recent driver for SKL, KBL and BXT graphics
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