linux-kernel - Re: 3.1-rc5 is the worst

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Date:	Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:16:19 -0700
From:	Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Cc:	Francis Moreau <francis.moro@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: 3.1-rc5 is the worst

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:56:31 -0700 (PDT), Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com> wrote:

> I wonder if you're right to disable it just for INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen == 5.
> On this laptop I have INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen == 4, and have had to boot with
> i915.i915_enable_fbc=0 since 3.1-rc1 for my xterms to be reliably
> updated.

I should probably just enable it only for newer hardware that appears to
have reliable FBC.

-- 
keith.packard@...el.com

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