linux-kernel - Re: Radeon KMS regression still present in 2.6.33-rc6

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Date:	Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:49:57 +0100
From:	John Kacur <jkacur@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Johannes Hirte <johannes.hirte@....tu-ilmenau.de>,
	Kevin Winchester <kjwinchester@...il.com>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.sf.net>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@...il.com>,
	Jerome Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
Subject: Re: Radeon KMS regression still present in 2.6.33-rc6

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 30 Jan 2010, Johannes Hirte wrote:
>>
>> This is caused by commit 42590a75019a50012f25a962246498dead42843
>>
>> Fix is already posted:
>>
>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=126428141429200&w=2
>
> Goodie. Kevin, can you test the patch from FUJITA Tomonori in that thread
> ("http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=126439631307219&w=2" to be exact).
>

The little hunk of code that Kevin posted is also the source of a new
warning in -rc6,
which is easily fixed. (following up with a patch)

Assuming the patch in that link fixes the problem, the order of the
check of the aper_size in
radeon_agp_init appears incorrect to me. Also following up with a patch.

John Kacur
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