linux-kernel - Re: [Regression] X server doesn't start on MSI Wind w/ current mainline

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Date:	Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:01:17 -0800
From:	Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>
To:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [Regression] X server doesn't start on MSI Wind w/ current
	mainline

On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 09:48 -0800, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> On Sunday, January 4, 2009 3:11 pm Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Saturday 03 January 2009, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > With the current mainline and the linux-next branch of your pci-2.6 tree
> > > on top, the X server doesn't start any more on MSI Wind (Intel hardware)
> > > w/ openSUSE 11.1 .
> > >
> > > I also tested the linux-next branch of the pci-2.6 tree on top of 2.6.28
> > > and it doesn't cause any problem with the X server to happen.
> >
> > Well, I pulled the mainline from today, unsetted DRM_I915_KMS and it works
> > again.
> >
> > BTW, what user land is necessary for the KMS to work?
> 
> Ah yeah defaulting to KMS enabled will probably get you undesirable results at 
> this point.  You'll need a bleeding edge 2D driver (from xf86-video-intel git) 
> and libdrm 2.4.3 to make this all work.  Be sure to pass "--enable-kms" when 
> you configure your 2D driver.

The --enable-kms requirement is gone now.  Hopefully soon we'll have a
release out and can mention a version number in the Kconfig.

-- 
Eric Anholt
eric@...olt.net                         eric.anholt@...el.com



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