linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] drm for v4.8

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFwmkuQRKV33V3DumqJpBjGkjDpoTBfCzO_K29xVd+mbnw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 2 Aug 2016 07:28:14 -0400
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
	DRI mailing list <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [git pull] drm for v4.8

On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 4:10 AM, Ville Syrjälä
<ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> I have a couple of pending PSR patches you may want to try as well,
> if i915.enable_psr=0 helps.

Yes. i915.enable_psr=0 seems to make the bad flickering go away.

I'll try your git trees out later, but what exactly changed with
regards to psr lately? It's set as a "dangerous" option, and even just
clearing it caused

  Setting dangerous option enable_psr - tainting kernel

which seems entirely bogus.

              Linus