Re: [ 32/37] drm/i915: correctly order the ring init sequence

From: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski
Date: Sun Aug 19 2012 - 15:01:01 EST


On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 03:54:44PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Sat, 2012-08-18 at 12:04 +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski
[...]
> > Good catch, I've forgotten to check whether all the recent ring_init
> > patches have gone through cc: stable. For the stable team, please
> > pick up both patches:
> >
> > f01db988ef6f6c70a6cc36ee71e4a98a68901229 and
> > 0d8957c8a90bbb5d34fab9a304459448a5131e06
> >
> > Note that all kernels that need f01db backported also need
> > b7884eb45ec98c0d34c7f49005ae9d4b4b4e38f6 (to fix a regression
> > introduce by the former).
>
> 3.2.y already had the second and third of these, but not f01db98
> 'drm/i915: Add wait_for in init_ring_common'. So I've added that.
>
> I don't have commit 18ef6f6c70a6cc36ee71e4a98a68901229 here, but I
> assume it's a cherry-picked version as it has the same subject line.

Ops sorry, yes, it's the same commit, just the hash was the version I
had picked in my local branch, I did git show in the wrong tree.

>
> Ben.
>
> > Yeah, the ring init sequence is a fickle beast :( but I'm pretty sure
> > with these three patches, stable kernels should be up to date and have
> > all the latest fixes.
> >
> > Yours, Daniel
>
> --
> Ben Hutchings
> I say we take off; nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

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