Re: 2.6.23(.1) Regression? i915 oopses and panics

From: Thomas Bächler
Date: Sun Oct 14 2007 - 08:04:17 EST


Dave Airlie schrieb:
>> I'm sorry, I forgot to mention that: As I _thought_ it had worked with
>> rc6, I already found that commit. I reverted it and got a panic again
>> (no trace, as I was in X), so this one doesn't seem to cause the problem.
>>
>
> Okay I've spotted a potential bug that might lay hidden, try the
> attached patch to see if it helps..

I applied the patch, compiled i915.ko, rmmoded the old module, insmoded
the new one and started X. The issue seems to be gone, googleearth
starts again without any messages to syslog, so no oops and no panic.

Will you submit this patch to the stable team?

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