[Intel-gfx] Intel 2009Q2 release

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 08:52:19PM -0700, Eric Anholt wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 09:41 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:50:41AM +0800, Jin, Gordon wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > We'd like to recommend 2009Q2 package (http://intellinuxgraphics.org/2009Q2.html), which consists of:
> > > - xf86-video-intel 2.8.0 release
> > > - mesa 7.5 release
> > > - libdrm 2.4.12 release
> > > The newer kernel (2.6.31) contains more kernel fixes, so generally
> > > better than older kernel. If you want to stick to 2.6.30, you might
> > > need the additional patches linked in the above webpage.
> > 
> > That might be very tough, as 2.6.31 is not released yet :)
> >
> > So, 2.6.30 isn't good enough today to run this?  If so, what specific
> > parts of .31-rc should be backported to .30?
> 
> We're working on sorting that part out.  Previously, as a workaround for
> "all our patches are in master and not stable", I was having to publish
> a branch containing more or less all changes we thought people might
> want.  This looked a lot like master, and had all the graphics
> instability that you got with master, combined with nobody actually
> running it because it wasn't in the stable kernel release.  We're
> changing things up now so that individual developers judge their patches
> based on stable_kernel_rules.txt and Cc them, or forward them on to
> stable@ later.  So expect more updates from us, and please be gentle as
> we practice doing it right :)
> 
> For now, the queue we talked about elsewhere is what we tested against,
> and what I want in from drm/i915.  Apologies for not getting that in
> earlier the right way, but apparently my git-send-email's hosed since I
> switched ISPs and I didn't notice.
> 
> I think the 3 patches culminating in
> fccdaba4317604602e5802c3afc4021f2fb8132e might be ready now -- I was
> worried we might see regressions, but things have been quiet.  Only:
>  3 files changed, 128 insertions(+), 100 deletions
> 
> 2a34f5e6b61c7e8f3b6f25847bcda88511b0ead4 has finally been tested on an
> affected machine, and gave the desired results -- whining and fallback
> instead of mysterious failure.  I'll queue it up soon.
> 
> I'd love to get the GEM on PAE series in, as that's the cause of failure
> for people who have distros that want PAE for NX, but the key commit is:
>  21 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 146 deletions(-)
> (series:
> 07613ba2f464f59949266f4337b75b91eb610795, 
> 0b7af262aba912f52bc6ef76f1bc0960b01b8502
> 95934f939c46ea2b37f3c91a4f8c82e003727761)
> 
> We should get the HDMI detection stuff merged back once the current
> commits land in master, as they're definitely fixing machines and the
> diffs are small.

Hm.

Can you send me and stable at kernel.org a list of the exact git commit ids
in 2.6.31 that you want to see in 2.6.30 so that we can figure out what
should be added?  Your wording above makes me feel that you aren't quite
sure what is needed just yet.

thanks,

greg k-h