Re: [BISECTED] drm: random hang since 620f378 "drm: prune modeswhen ..."

From: Jesse Barnes
Date: Wed Dec 16 2009 - 15:19:15 EST


On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:53:11 +0100
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tuesday 15 December 2009, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Monday 14 December 2009, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> > > This patch removes the suspect portion of the dynamic clock
> > > control code. Hopefully it'll be as stable as powersave=0 in
> > > your config (assuming powersave=0 works :).
> >
> > Ok, great! The machine is still running fine with powersave=0 so
> > far. I'll try your patch after some more uptime.
>
> It's working fine so far, no more crashes, but I supposed this
> effectively disables the power saving on my card again, right?

The patch just disables one (probably ineffective) power saving
feature. So if things are working well for you with it I'll queue up a
revert patch. I'm working on a better version of dynamic clock control
anyway.

--
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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