linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] radeon_cp: use request

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Date:	Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:53:34 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Julien Cristau <jcristau@...ian.org>
Cc:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	Jaswinder Singh <jaswinderlinux@...il.com>,
	Jaswinder Singh <jaswinder@...radead.org>,
	dri-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] radeon_cp: use request_firmware

On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 11:39 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 20:58:28 +0000, Dave Airlie wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Is available at
> > > http://git.infradead.org/users/jaswinder/firm-jsr-2.6.git?a=commit;h=3a911a216742e4ab998f3281409d46a62f252716
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Please let me know, should I need to resend this patch for :
> > > 1. git kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6.git
> > > OR
> > > 2. git kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
> > 
> > How much testing has this seen on what range of cards and on what 
> > architectures? I'd like some success stories from people using this patch.
> > Is Debian shipping it?
> > 
> Not at this time.  AFAIK Ben Hutchings has tested that patch, although I
> don't know on what hardware, and if he got other testers.  Ben?

I had to revise Jaswinder's patch as it allowed a double-free.  I'm
attaching the version I've tested (which is against v2.6.26 so the paths
are different).  That was tested on a Radeon Mobility 7500 (R100 if I
remember correctly).

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Unix is many things to many people,
but it's never been everything to anybody.

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