Re: Regression: radeonfb: No synchronisation on CRT with linux-2.6.13-rc5

[Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>]

On Aug 7, 2005, at 21:13:54, Kyle Moffett wrote:
> On Aug 7, 2005, at 12:13:38, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>> _However_ there is an unrelated problem with some panels,  
>> including some
>> of the 17": The panel doesn't always "sync" properly. This seem to be
>> related to some subtle timing issue in the LVDS code but I don't know
>> exactly what yet. You can usually get it back by repeately turning  
>> the
>> backlight all the way down (which shuts the panel off) and back up  
>> until
>> it "catches".
>
> Hmm.  This doesn't really fit as my issues are very reproducible.  The
> behaviour under stock Debian 2.6.8 is identical during reboots and  
> after
> fblevel 0 ; sleep X ; fblevel 15.  Likewise, stock 2.6.11,  
> 2.6.12.4, and
> 2.6.13-rc5, although I'm just getting back to testing things.

Damn.  As soon as I say this, I go back and am completely unable to make
2.6.13-rc5 reproduce the issue.  *grumble* black magic *grumble* :-D.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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