Re: netbsd-7, xorg and intel

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 01:38:36PM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> Perhaps try a current kernel?  I needed that to get netbsd-7 userland working.
> 
> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
> pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0: vendor 8086 product 0104 (rev. 0x09)
> i915drmkms0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0: vendor 8086 product 0116 (rev. 0x09)
> drm: Memory usable by graphics device = 2048M
> drm: Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013).
> drm: Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
> i915drmkms0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 16 (i915)
> drm: Wrong MCH_SSKPD value: 0x16040307
> drm: This can cause pipe underruns and display issues.
> drm: Please upgrade your BIOS to fix this.
> intelfb0 at i915drmkms0
> i915drmkms0: info: registered panic notifier
> intelfb0: framebuffer at 0xffff80008e29d000, size 1366x768, depth 32,
> stride 5504
> wsdisplay0 at intelfb0 kbdmux 1: console (default, vt100 emulation),
> using wskbd0
> wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
> 
> Just be wary of kern/49368: 8(?) pixel artifacts in X, eventual kernel
> crash; the workaround is to disable acceleration

thanks, with a current kernel and netbsd-7 userland I get a working X11
again; and indeed I had to disable accel to avoid display corruption.

Any chance to get this in netbsd-7 ?
At this point, netbsd-7 is a regression compared to netbsd-6 ...

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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