Call for community testers for intel driver

[JM Ibanez]

"Jin, Gordon" <gordon.jin at intel.com> writes:

> 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.

I have two machines available for testing.

Chipset: 945GM
Machine: Acer Aspire 5570ANWXCi laptop
Monitor: Internal LVDS, occasionally with a Samsung SyncMaster 740N
         connected via VGA; can test with some other LCD panels at the
         office
Driver : 2.1 (Current driver on Ubuntu Gutsy), but have used Intel git
         master on occasion
OS     : Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10

   as well as

Chipset: 855GM
Machine: Fujitsu LifeBook C1211d laptop
Monitor: Internal LVDS, occasionally with a Samsung SyncMaster 740N
         connected via VGA; can test with some other LCD panels at the
         office
Driver : Intel git master
OS     : Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04

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JM Ibanez
Software Architect
Orange & Bronze Software Labs, Ltd. Co.

jm at orangeandbronze.com
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