Re: please test i915 (nvidia alignment fix)

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On 12 December 2016 at 19:55,  <coypu%sdf.org@localhost> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I've committed something that is supposed to help
> with the console appearing broken on most nvidia
> hardware here:
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2016/12/12/msg079782.html
>
> The code is shared with i915 (but not radeon, at
> least not yet). I'd really love if someone
> confirmed that i915 is not horribly broken, so
> it could be pulled up to netbsd-7 (I have no
> Intel graphics hardware).
>
> radeon should be unaffected.
>
> Thanks.

Quick test boot of the latest daily current kernel on a -7 install
seems to run fine on an i915 using Thinkpad T420s. Console good and X
running OK.

David

NetBSD 7.99.47 (GENERIC.201612130520Z)
[...]
LENOVO 41732AG (ThinkPad T420s)
[...]
i915drmkms0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0: vendor 8086 product 0126 (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.
drm: GMBUS [i915 gmbus dpb] timed out, falling back to bit banging on pin 5
intelfb0 at i915drmkms0
i915drmkms0: info: registered panic notifier
intelfb0: framebuffer at 0xffff80011c86d000, size 1600x900, depth 32,
stride 6400
wsdisplay0 at intelfb0 kbdmux 1: console (default, vt100 emulation),
using wskbd0