Regression 2.6.27 -> 2.6.28

[Michel Dänzer]

On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 17:31 -0500, Alex Deucher wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Michel Dänzer <michel at daenzer.net> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 17:06 -0500, Alex Deucher wrote:
> >> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Michel Dänzer <michel at daenzer.net> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 20:52 +0100, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> But with radeon_crtc_modeset_ioctl() calls in legacy_crtc_dpms() in
> >> >> xf86-video-ati/src/legacy_crtc.c disabled like this:
> >> >>
> >> >> $ diff legacy_crtc.c legacy_crtc.c.orig
> >> >> 671,672c671,672
> >> >> <     /*    if (mode == DPMSModeOff)
> >> >> <           radeon_crtc_modeset_ioctl(crtc, FALSE); */
> >> >> ---
> >> >> >     if (mode == DPMSModeOff)
> >> >> >     radeon_crtc_modeset_ioctl(crtc, FALSE);
> >> >> 710c710
> >> >> <       /* radeon_crtc_modeset_ioctl(crtc, TRUE); */
> >> >> ---
> >> >> >     radeon_crtc_modeset_ioctl(crtc, TRUE);
> >> >>
> >> >> the wakeups stayed below 5/s after xset dpms force off.
> >> >
> >> > Okay. Unfortunately, we can't just remove these calls, or 3D
> >> > applications with sync-to-vblank enabled may hang after a mode switch.
> >> > We need to know the exact conditions under which the CRTC frame counter
> >> > registers reset to zero, then we can move these calls where they are
> >> > really necessary.
> >>
> >> The crtc frame counters are reset when the crtc is disabled or when
> >> the the frame count reset registers are written to.
> >
> > We never do the latter that I know of. I thougt the above places was
> > where the CRTC is dis/enabled, but apparently not - do you know where
> > these calls need to move to?
> 
> That should work for pre-avivo cards, [...]

But apparently it doesn't: Jörg is getting vertical blank interrupts
with DPMS off. If the CRTC was disabled there shouldn't be any vertical
blank interrupts, should there?


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