linux-kernel - Re: Please revert nouveau.

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Message-ID: <AANLkTims8orQTCoWKhzJXM1AEH5nZZ7Ssr9S1mYfdcDM@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:15:00 +0100
From:	Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:	Anca Emanuel <anca.emanuel@...il.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Please revert nouveau.

Hi,

On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Anca Emanuel <anca.emanuel@...il.com> wrote:
> 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.

Take a look at /REPORTING-BUGS and /Documentation/BUG-HUNTING : )

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