linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.38-rc3-git1: Reported regressions 2.6.36 -> 2.6.37

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Date:	Fri, 4 Feb 2011 10:45:19 +1000
From:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Carlos Mafra <crmafra2@...il.com>,
	Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Maciej Rutecki <maciej.rutecki@...il.com>,
	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: 2.6.38-rc3-git1: Reported regressions 2.6.36 -> 2.6.37

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> If we are setting a mode on a connector it automatically will end up
>> in a DPMS on state,
>> so this seemed correct from what I can see.
>
> The more I look at that function, the more I disagree with you and
> with that patch.
>
> The code is just crazy.

Good point, I'm just trying to get -rc3 onto a machine where I can
reproduce this now, unfortunately that looks like the machine with the
1.8" disk, so this could take a little while.

hopefully Keith will decloak and tell us more.

Dave.
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