linux-kernel - Re: [Regression, post-rc2] Commit a5ee4eb7541 breaks OpenGL on RS780 (was: Re: Linux 2.6.34-rc3)

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Date:	Fri, 2 Apr 2010 01:23:55 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
	dri-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Linux PCI <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>,
	Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@...il.com>, stable@...nel.org,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [Regression, post-rc2] Commit a5ee4eb7541 breaks OpenGL on RS780 (was: Re: Linux 2.6.34-rc3)

On Friday 02 April 2010, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:29:23 -0700 (PDT)
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 1 Apr 2010, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > 
> > > OK, I've verified that partial revert (below) is sufficient.
> > 
> > Hmm. Through the DRM merge I just did, this area actually conflicted, and 
> > the resolved version is now
> > 
> >         if ((rdev->family >= CHIP_RV380) &&
> >             (!(rdev->flags & RADEON_IS_IGP))) {
> > 
> > which presumably also fixes your issue?
> > 
> > [ Side note: somebody in the DRM tree seems to be way too used to LISP, 
> >   and thinks that adding parenthesis always improves the code ;-]
> > 
> > However, I do suspect that we should probably revert the quirk regardless 
> > as being useless (ie it probably was related to those IGP chips that 
> > apparently don't do MSI anyway).
> > 
> > So the patch that reverts the quirk by Clemens (to replace it with 
> > disabling MSI entirely when the AMD NB doesn't accept them) seems to be a 
> > good idea regardless, since it's apparently not just about gfx. Jesse?
> 
> Yeah, that sounds fine.  I can include it in my next pull req or you
> can just pick it up directly.

Not exactly that one, please, it's missing a quirk for the affected system.

I've just sent a corrected version, here:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/90275/

Rafael
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