Call for community testers for intel driver

[Roderic Morris]

Hey, I'd like to contribute what I can as well

Chipset - 865G
Machine model - Dell Optiplex GX270
Monitor model - VGA (Manufacturer: Dell Model: a009)
Driver version - 2.1.1
OS - Gentoo ~x86

Chipset - 915G
Machine model - Dell Inspiron B130
Monitor model - LVDS (Manufacturer: LPL  Model: 5000)
Driver version - 2.1.1 Fedora
OS - Fedora 8 (moving to Gentoo ~x86 soon)

-Roderic

On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 20:43 +0800, Jin, Gordon wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We Intel Graphics driver team would like to make closer relationship
> with community users and calling for interested users (including OSV 
> engineers) to join a new community testing program.
> 
> Background:
> The main reason is that Intel team is not able to cover all hardware
> configurations hence not able to reproduce or verify some bugs as:
> -- some platforms are not covered by Intel validation team, mostly i8xx.
> -- some bugs only appear on some specific models (e.g. bug#11103).
> -- some bugs only appear on some specific monitors.
> -- some hardware configurations (like TV-out) are not fully covered by 
> our limited hardware for testing.
> 
> Expectation:
> Since we are focused on the latest upstream driver development, the
> community members are expected to be able to use the latest driver and
> build git driver preferred.
> When we announce driver release candidate to community, we'll CC members
> so they will be notified directly. It will be good for the members to
> test the release candidate driver to assure the quality of release
> driver on that platform/model.
> 
> Action:
> So if you would like to make contribution, welcome to register the
> membership by sending the below information to me by email:
> - Chipset (e.g. 855GM, 915G, G35, ...)
> - Machine model, laptop/desktop
> - Monitor model (including TV), connection type used (VGA, DVI, HDMI,
> S-video, component ...)
> - Driver version
> - OS
> - Any other hardware accessories, e.g. SDVO card model or TV cables.
> 
> We'll organize this program on http://intellinuxgraphics.org with
> joined member name listed, so please also let me know if you don't want
> your personal info (e.g. email address) published.
> 
> We'll also hold an irc channel named 'intel-gfx' on freenode.net for
> intel
> graphics driver specific discussion. Everyone can join.
> 
> Best regards
> Intel OTC Graphics Team