linux-kernel - Re: [BISECTED] agp/intel: revert "Remove confusion of stolen entries not stolen memory"

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Message-Id: <849307$arcbdv@azsmga001.ch.intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:53:35 +0000
From:	Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
Subject: Re: [BISECTED] agp/intel: revert "Remove confusion of stolen entries not stolen memory"

On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:12:19 +0100, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> Commit c64f7ba5f10 "agp/intel: Remove confusion of stolen entries not stolen memory" caused a regression on my Intel G45 based system, using the VESA
> Xorg driver or uvesafb. I have not tried if i915 with KMS shows the same
> behaviour, but can try if necessary.

I'm very confused as to how this would have impacted the VESA video
driver. Any clues as to what VESA is doing? And what is the nature of
the regression?
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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