Re: [PATCH] Intel FB pixel clock calculation fix

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Sep 11 2007 - 01:52:45 EST


On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:24:42 +0200 Krzysztof Halasa <khc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Intel framebuffer mis-calculated pixel clocks.
>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> --- a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c
> @@ -924,10 +920,10 @@ calc_pll_params(int index, int clock, u32 *retm1, u32 *retm2, u32 *retn, u32 *re
> if (m > pll->max_m)
> m = pll->max_m - 1;
> for (testm = m - 1; testm <= m; testm++) {
> - f_out = calc_vclock3(index, m, n, p);
> + f_out = calc_vclock3(index, testm, n, p);
> if (splitm(index, testm, &m1, &m2)) {
> - WRN_MSG("cannot split m = %d\n", m);
> - n++;
> + WRN_MSG("cannot split m = %d\n",
> + testm);
> continue;
> }
> if (clock > f_out)

and... what are the consequences of this miscalculation? I need to know
such things so that I can decide whether a change is needed in 2.6.23. And
2.6.22.

Thanks.
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