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[SM-Commit] GIT changes to master grimoire by Eric Sandall (9a6cd3da1848e9728ed6503718dacca6c8a93532)
- From: Eric Sandall <scm AT sourcemage.org>
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- Subject: [SM-Commit] GIT changes to master grimoire by Eric Sandall (9a6cd3da1848e9728ed6503718dacca6c8a93532)
- Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 03:43:31 -0500
GIT changes to master grimoire by Eric Sandall <sandalle AT sourcemage.org>:
xorg-driver/xf86-video-intel/FINAL | 6 ++++++
xorg-driver/xf86-video-intel/HISTORY | 3 +++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
New commits:
commit 9a6cd3da1848e9728ed6503718dacca6c8a93532
Author: Eric Sandall <sandalle AT sourcemage.org>
Commit: Eric Sandall <sandalle AT sourcemage.org>
xf86-video-intel: Add message from developers about 2.6.29 kernels and PAT
Cherry-picked from commit 08492591b06f0037f8632e7d3559cbbd2f66122a in
devel-xorg-modular
diff --git a/xorg-driver/xf86-video-intel/FINAL
b/xorg-driver/xf86-video-intel/FINAL
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..46c5c7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xorg-driver/xf86-video-intel/FINAL
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+message "${MESSAGE_COLOR}Some Linux kernel versions (such as 2.6.29) are" \
+ "known to have broken PAT code that causes recent versions of this driver"
\
+ "to fail, (which can manifest as the X server simply not starting). This" \
+ "can be verified by adding the \"nopat\" option to the kernel
command-line" \
+ "and seeing the failure go away. We hope that newer kernels in the" \
+ "2.6.29.x as well as 2.6.30 and above will have working PAT
code.${DEFAULT_COLOR}"
diff --git a/xorg-driver/xf86-video-intel/HISTORY
b/xorg-driver/xf86-video-intel/HISTORY
index 8048ac7..7e502f3 100644
--- a/xorg-driver/xf86-video-intel/HISTORY
+++ b/xorg-driver/xf86-video-intel/HISTORY
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
* DETAILS: Updated to 2.7.1
SOURCE matches upstream posted MD5
+2009-04-15 Eric Sandall <sandalle AT sourcemage.org>
+ * FINAL: Add message from developers about 2.6.29 kernels and PAT
+
2009-03-15 Eric Sandall <sandalle AT sourcemage.org>
* DETAILS: Updated to 2.6.3
- [SM-Commit] GIT changes to master grimoire by Eric Sandall (9a6cd3da1848e9728ed6503718dacca6c8a93532), Eric Sandall, 05/15/2009
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