linux-kernel - Re: Please revert nouveau.

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Message-ID: <AANLkTim5-oQO4i7bc5mZZogXfuiHc_qk6S1Bz1eA83__@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:03:36 +0200
From:	Anca Emanuel <anca.emanuel@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Please revert nouveau.

On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Anca Emanuel <anca.emanuel@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> after
>> git revert dfe63bb0ad9810db13aab0058caba97866e0a681
>
> You are aware that that was already reverted yesterday? See commit 3632ef89.
>
>> and
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
>> index 5c4f9b9..2aad663 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
>> @@ -816,6 +816,7 @@ int drm_fb_helper_set_par(struct fb_info *info)
>>                        mutex_unlock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
>>                        return ret;
>>                }
>> +               drm_fb_helper_fill_fix(info, fb_helper->fb->pitch,
>> fb_helper->fb->depth);
>>        }
>>        mutex_unlock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
>>
>> I have an partial working sistem.
>
> What does "partial working system" even MEAN?
>
> Anca, stop emailing worthless crap. Tell what the problems are. And cc
> the right people rather than asking me personally to just "revert"
> without even saying what the problem is. And if you feel like they
> have been ignoring you, then I have a clue for you: I bet they have
> been frustrated by the same things I am frustrated by.
>
> IOW, do a nice proper bug-report. Do it to the right people. Include
> useful information, and remember that the developers DO NOT see the
> problem you have (if they did, they'd not have done the changes), so
> "doesn't work" or "the boot screen is not ok" is not something anybody
> is ever going to find useful.
>
>         Linus
>

Linus, I am a beginner, I will try to be more useful in the future.
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