Re: [3.5 regression] DRM: Massive (EDID-probing?) X startup delay on ATI Radeon RV770 (HD4870)

From: Nix
Date: Mon Aug 06 2012 - 09:44:45 EST


On 6 Aug 2012, Alex Deucher outgrape:

> On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Nix <nix@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Something appears to be wrong, but I have no idea what. I've not changed
>> anything other than the kernel since my last non-huge-delayed startup
>> earlier this week, and both the monitors still work, including the one
>> suffering a huge startup delay.
>
> Can you bisect the kernel or profile Xorg and see what's causing it?
> There haven't been any i2c changes in the radeon kernel driver in a
> while. I'm assuming it's only the kernel that you changed? E.g.,
> just to be sure, does booting a different kernel with the same
> userspace components work correctly?

I believe so (I hadn't upgraded anything for a week or so before the
kernel upgrade). I'll verify this soon, and bisect in the next day or
so if the kernel is the only changed component.

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