linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.33-rc2: Reported regressions from 2.6.32

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1001161402400.13231@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:04:07 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
cc:	m.s.tsirkin@...il.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Natalie Protasevich <protasnb@...il.com>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.ker>
Subject: Re: 2.6.33-rc2: Reported regressions from 2.6.32



On Sat, 16 Jan 2010, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>
> > Immediately upon startup, screen is flickering (becomes
> > lighter and darker again). The problem occurs with kernels
> > 2.6.33-rc1 to 2.6.33-rc4, but not with kernel 2.6.32 and below.
> 
> We've already had several reports like this already.
> 
> Care to review the bugs linked to http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14885
> and check if none of them matches the problem you describe?

I suspect that should be fixed by commit 33814341f22 ("drm/i915: disable 
LVDS downclock by default") that got merged today.

So try current -git. 

		Linus
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