Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Sep 2012 16:33:00 +0200 | Subject | Re: drm/vmwgfx: add MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE so vmwgfx loads at boot | From | Jakob Bornecrantz <> |
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On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com> wrote: > Dave - I couldn't find this patch in your git repo at > git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux in the drm-next or drm-fixes > branches. > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1379071/ > > It appears to fix a real problem for Mac users - > http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1039157. See > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/linux/+bug/1039157/comments/31 > for confirmation.
Thanks, I was going to point out that Dave had already fix this, but it seem you already knew about that. There is a companion patch along side with the one mentioned.
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2012-August/027124.html http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2012-August/027125.html
I recommend applying both and turning the config to yes (as long as you have the kms enabled xf86-video-vmware driver installed). I RB:ed them both along with the dumb ioctl interface here:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2012-August/027139.html
> > I think it should also be 'Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org'. It applies as > far back as 2.6.32 with minor context differences. > > rtg
Its probably safe, but it could mean that the driver gets loaded on distros, where in the past it hasn't tho that should be safe.
Cheers, Jakob.
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