kernel panic on shutdown

[Alex Deucher]

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Gilad Arnold<arnold at cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 03:29:32PM -0400, Alex Deucher wrote:
>> > Should I post it as a DRM bug?
>>
>> yes please.
>
> Appears like a similar bug is already on file:
>
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20954
>
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=264280
>
> Looks like upgrading the kernel and switching to in-kernel DRM module
> solves the problem (see tail of latter issue) but I haven't tested yet.
> I wonder if there are any advantages of using the module from
> dri.freedesktop.org over the built-in one?  I used to think that was the
> case, but I no longer remember why... ;-)

The radeon drm code in drm git is no longer maintained so it's likely
broken in subtle ways.  Best to use the kernel version.

Alex