Re: [BISECTED] commit 619efb1059 makes the MacBookPro2,2 screen flicker like its broken or half plugged in

[Justin Mattock]

On Feb 13, 2011, at 3:46 PM, Alex Deucher wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Justin Mattock
> <justinmattock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Feb 11, 2011, at 5:15 PM, Alex Deucher wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Justin Mattock
> > > <justinmattock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > Better yet, can you try the attached patch on top of 2.6.38-rc4 or
> > > > > newer?
> > > > >
> > > > > Alex
> > > >
> > > > o.k. applied that patch... unfortunately Im seeing the flickering  
> > > > screen
> > > > and
> > > > the crud shows up..
> > > > initially during boot everything looked fine, its when I  
> > > > suspended the
> > > > machine, upon wake-up
> > > > the flickering occurred.
> > > > kernel version is the current: 2.6.38-rc4-00107-gaa502b4
> > >
> > > Can you try this patch?  Try uncommenting the following lines to see
> > > if either of those flags work any better.  Try them individually and
> > > together if possible and report back which, if any, helps.
> > >
> > > /*pll->flags |= RADEON_PLL_PREFER_MINM_OVER_MAXP;*/
> > >
> > > /*if (ASIC_IS_AVIVO(rdev))
> > >       pll->flags |= RADEON_PLL_USE_FRAC_FB_DIV;*/
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Alex
> > >
> > > > Justin P. Mattock
> > > <0001-drm-radeon-kms-hopefully-fix-pll-issues-for-real-v2.patch>
> >
> >
> > alright.. again out of my office trying to make a living!!
> > Anyways I applied the two earlier patches, and added the previous  
> > post's
> > patch as well
> > (everything runs o.k. s2r etc...)
> > I can try for the above and see if I can pinpoint the piece of code  
> > that is
> > causing this(hopefully)
>
> The attached patch is what I'm proposing to go upstream.  Please test
> and let me know if it works ok for you.
>
> Alex


alright... bisect done, but something went wrong(must redu later)..  
Anyways with your patch applied
everything looks good

Justin P. Mattock
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