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From: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
To: Markus H <hauschild.markus@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: gma500_gfx black screen
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:59:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120921135916.796d970e@bob.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC27Lhfn+o5OWQFs6kvkaheh5cX_6jFxtJadLa8csJcfVknJLQ@mail.gmail.com>

> I could not find any indication that this problem has been fixed yet
> in 3.6rc.

Should be fixed in the very latest 3.6-rc. I got a report from someone
else that I could duplicate and pin down exactly. It's made somewhat
more complicated by the fact that another bug got introduced and then
fixed across the same period.

> I have to use a USB to serial converter as the tablet has no serial
> port. I can't get a serial console at all with the Ubuntu stock kernel
> probably because the pl2303 driver is not built into the kernel but
> rather loaded as module.

Correct

> 1. What other debugging options do I have so I can help with fixing
> the gma500_gfx driver.
> 2. Are there any single commits I could try on top of e.g. a stock
> 3.2.x kernel to see which one caused this regression?

Can you try the latest 3.6-rc release. The commit in question is
"gma500: Fix regression on Oaktrail devices"


  reply	other threads:[~2012-09-21 12:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-21 12:41 Markus H
2012-09-21 12:59 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2012-09-21 13:02   ` Markus H
2012-09-21 14:29     ` Markus H
2012-10-28 21:21       ` Dimitar

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