Re: [BUG 2.6.38] drm/i915: rampant video-corruption on Intel 865G

[René Herman]

On 03/24/2011 09:00 AM, Chris Wilson wrote:

> > I do suppose that one [ the kernel one] should fix things even
> > without the X11 changes? If not, I'd still have a problem until
> > those have made their way through the distributions...
>
> No, the bugs are distinct, but very similar in appearance, and both
> updates are required.

That won't do then, will it? Kernel 2.6.38 then requires a new and not 
even released user space whereas 2.6.37 works fine. I suppose the fix 
will from the kernel side then need to be reverting to .37 behaviour, at 
least on the affected hardware? (855 and 865 at least).

Regards,
Rene
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