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From: "Pierre Asselin" <pa@panix.com>
To: "Thomas Zimmermann" <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Cc: "Linux regressions mailing list" <regressions@lists.linux.dev>,
	"Pierre Asselin" <pa@panix.com>,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	"Daniel Vetter" <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>,
	"Javier Martinez Canillas" <javierm@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Hans de Goede" <hdegoede@redhat.com>,
	"Ard Biesheuvel" <ardb@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] firmware/sysfb: Fix VESA format selection
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 09:42:25 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <40075ac685423d46663dd6a4038add90.squirrel@mail.panix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d8d22c77-1bde-774f-aa6e-41234ffa6e8d@suse.de>

Thomas Zimmerman writes:
>
> Am 21.04.23 um 13:32 schrieb Linux regression tracking (Thorsten
> Leemhuis):
>>
>> Pierre, Tomas, Javier, et. al: how many "legacy BIOSes" do we suspect
>> are affected by this?

So far, two:
1) my Gateway laptop (Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU,
   Phoenix BIOS 83.08 Revision: 131.8 Release Date: 03/06/07)
2) my Dell Precision T3610 (Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1650,
   Dell BIOS A19 Revision: 65.19 Release Date: 09/11/2019)

I don't know how to give a more precise description.

>> might it be worth asking Linus to merge this patch directly[1]?
>
> IMHO it's a fairly obscure bug and certainly not a release blocker. I'll
> send it through the regular channels of the DRM subsystem.

I agree.  Even when the regression bites, it's not a blocker.  The screen
is strange but readable.

--PA


  reply	other threads:[~2023-04-21 13:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-04-20 15:57 Pierre Asselin
2023-04-20 16:05 ` Pierre Asselin
2023-04-21 11:32 ` Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis)
2023-04-21 11:35   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-21 13:42     ` Pierre Asselin [this message]
2023-04-21 12:37 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-05-10 17:25   ` Pierre Asselin
2023-05-11  8:05     ` Thomas Zimmermann

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