linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.19 040/168] drm/radeon: disable AGP by default

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Message-ID: <20200818094135.GC10974@amd>
Date:   Tue, 18 Aug 2020 11:41:35 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19 040/168] drm/radeon: disable AGP by default

On Mon 2020-08-17 17:16:11, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> From: Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>
> 
> [ Upstream commit ba806f98f868ce107aa9c453fef751de9980e4af ]
> 
> Always use the PCI GART instead. We just have to many cases
> where AGP still causes problems. This means a performance
> regression for some GPUs, but also a bug fix for some others.

Yes, and the regressions mean this is not suitable for -stable, right?

Best regards,
									Pavel
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