[arch-dev-public] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.31.2-1
Another upstream release, I want to move directly after signoff.
Last minute changes:
- Changed number of maximum serial ports to 32 - Enabled ATI KMS (if this causes problems, blame Andy, he says it's fine :D)
Working fine on x86_64, i686 will be ready soon.
Am Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:53:42 +0200 schrieb Thomas Bächler thomas@archlinux.org:
Another upstream release, I want to move directly after signoff.
Last minute changes:
- Changed number of maximum serial ports to 32
- Enabled ATI KMS (if this causes problems, blame Andy, he says it's
fine :D)
Working fine on x86_64, i686 will be ready soon.
Signoff x86_64. Using nouveau on my desktop and new 6.12.4 ati driver on my laptop.
Radeon state: With new xf86-video-ati 6.12.4 driver simply add "radeon" to the modules array in mkinitcpio.conf and recreate the initrd. That's all for kms.
The bad: With kms enabled this way I don't get hardware 3d acceleration. But I never had any before with old DRI(1) with my X200m (R300 family).
The good: I get 3d acceleration for the 1st time with my card using DRI2 when I boot my 2nd kernel menu entry that has radeon.modeset=0 appended.
So !kms=3d or kms=like before for me. Still better to have that choice than no kms and no option to get 3d like before.
I like it. Probably we can get 3d also working soon together kms. I just need some time to read around.
-Andy
Thomas Bächler wrote:
Another upstream release, I want to move directly after signoff.
Last minute changes:
- Changed number of maximum serial ports to 32
- Enabled ATI KMS (if this causes problems, blame Andy, he says it's
fine :D)
Working fine on x86_64, i686 will be ready soon.
Working good for me. x86_64 on i686.
Allan
Am Mittwoch 07 Oktober 2009 schrieb Allan McRae:
Thomas Bächler wrote:
Another upstream release, I want to move directly after signoff.
Last minute changes:
- Changed number of maximum serial ports to 32
- Enabled ATI KMS (if this causes problems, blame Andy, he says it's
fine :D)
Working fine on x86_64, i686 will be ready soon.
Working good for me. x86_64 on i686.
Allan
Signoff, both arches greetings tpowa
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 1:53 AM, Thomas Bächler thomas@archlinux.org wrote:
Another upstream release, I want to move directly after signoff.
Last minute changes:
- Changed number of maximum serial ports to 32
- Enabled ATI KMS (if this causes problems, blame Andy, he says it's fine
:D)
Working fine on x86_64, i686 will be ready soon.
I like KMS a lot, and afaik it's recommended to try and test it as it's the "way to go".
But since it seems to cause problems to some users, I think it would be safer to post a news item about it. At least providing the way to disable it at boot time in case it causes problems.
And what happens when you have radeon kms enabled, but boot with a vga= option or have another framebuffer driver enabled ? Does it just fail to initialize kms, and everything works fine, just like when disabling kms ?
I am sorry I cannot provide more information, I just have a nvidia-enabled laptop and now nouveau kms is great with it :)
2.6.31.3 with tty fixes is out...
Thomas Bächler schrieb:
Another upstream release, I want to move directly after signoff.
Last minute changes:
- Changed number of maximum serial ports to 32
- Enabled ATI KMS (if this causes problems, blame Andy, he says it's
fine :D)
Working fine on x86_64, i686 will be ready soon.
Minor upstream update, the same holds again. Please sign off.
Also, announcement draft:
ATI KMS enabled in 2.6.31 kernel
Linux 2.6.31.3 has moved to core and brings a small change for ATI users: Experimental modesetting for the radeon driver is now enabled. If you have problems with the driver, add "radeon.modeset=0" to the kernel command line or add the line "options radeon modeset=0" to any modprobe.d file. If you are using catalyst, you might have to blacklist the radeon driver.
Am Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:21:07 +0200 schrieb Thomas Bächler thomas@archlinux.org:
Thomas Bächler schrieb:
Another upstream release, I want to move directly after signoff.
Last minute changes:
- Changed number of maximum serial ports to 32
- Enabled ATI KMS (if this causes problems, blame Andy, he says
it's fine :D)
Working fine on x86_64, i686 will be ready soon.
Minor upstream update, the same holds again. Please sign off.
Also, announcement draft:
ATI KMS enabled in 2.6.31 kernel
Linux 2.6.31.3 has moved to core and brings a small change for ATI users: Experimental modesetting for the radeon driver is now enabled. If you have problems with the driver, add "radeon.modeset=0" to the kernel command line or add the line "options radeon modeset=0" to any modprobe.d file. If you are using catalyst, you might have to blacklist the radeon driver.
This was my suggestion:
draft:
The new kernel 2.6.31 introduces KernelModeSetting(kms) enabled by default for AMD/Ati video cards. The kernel will take over setting the proper screen resolution. You will need the xf86-video-ati driver in version 6.12.4 or later to solve most Xorg problems.
KMS will by default run in "late" mode when udev starts loading the modules. If you want kms "early" mode put "radeon" into the modules array into your /etc/mkinitcpio.conf. It has been reported that some cards will require also intel_agp module.
It's important to remove all framebuffer (e.g. radeonfb) modules from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and all framebuffer + vga entries from the kernel append line.
It is possible your Ati card will fail in kms mode. This can be a kernel crash, Xorg not starting or Xorg starting without 3D acceleration. If you are affected by this disable KernelModeSetting at all by putting radeon.modeset=0 into the kernel append line in /boot/grub/menu.lst or the lilo configuration file.
+ the catalyst note
I'm not sure if we want to cover all options in this announcement or somewhere else (e.g. wiki). Your choice.
-Andy
Andreas Radke schrieb:
Am Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:21:07 +0200 schrieb Thomas Bächler thomas@archlinux.org:
Thomas Bächler schrieb:
Another upstream release, I want to move directly after signoff.
Last minute changes:
- Changed number of maximum serial ports to 32
- Enabled ATI KMS (if this causes problems, blame Andy, he says
it's fine :D)
Working fine on x86_64, i686 will be ready soon.
Minor upstream update, the same holds again. Please sign off.
Also, announcement draft:
ATI KMS enabled in 2.6.31 kernel
Linux 2.6.31.3 has moved to core and brings a small change for ATI users: Experimental modesetting for the radeon driver is now enabled. If you have problems with the driver, add "radeon.modeset=0" to the kernel command line or add the line "options radeon modeset=0" to any modprobe.d file. If you are using catalyst, you might have to blacklist the radeon driver.
This was my suggestion:
draft:
The new kernel 2.6.31 introduces KernelModeSetting(kms) enabled by default for AMD/Ati video cards. The kernel will take over setting the proper screen resolution. You will need the xf86-video-ati driver in version 6.12.4 or later to solve most Xorg problems.
KMS will by default run in "late" mode when udev starts loading the modules. If you want kms "early" mode put "radeon" into the modules array into your /etc/mkinitcpio.conf. It has been reported that some cards will require also intel_agp module.
It's important to remove all framebuffer (e.g. radeonfb) modules from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and all framebuffer + vga entries from the kernel append line.
It is possible your Ati card will fail in kms mode. This can be a kernel crash, Xorg not starting or Xorg starting without 3D acceleration. If you are affected by this disable KernelModeSetting at all by putting radeon.modeset=0 into the kernel append line in /boot/grub/menu.lst or the lilo configuration file.
- the catalyst note
I'm not sure if we want to cover all options in this announcement or somewhere else (e.g. wiki). Your choice.
-Andy
As you have more experience with this ATI stuff, you could post the announce, the rest of the kernel doesn't need any announcing.
Thomas Bächler schrieb:
Thomas Bächler schrieb:
Another upstream release, I want to move directly after signoff.
Last minute changes:
- Changed number of maximum serial ports to 32
- Enabled ATI KMS (if this causes problems, blame Andy, he says it's
fine :D)
Working fine on x86_64, i686 will be ready soon.
Minor upstream update, the same holds again. Please sign off.
Anyone? I'd like to move this quickly.
Am Freitag 09 Oktober 2009 10:48:14 schrieb Thomas Bächler:
Anyone? I'd like to move this quickly.
signoff x86_64
Am Freitag 09 Oktober 2009 13:04:27 schrieb Pierre Schmitz:
Am Freitag 09 Oktober 2009 10:48:14 schrieb Thomas Bächler:
Anyone? I'd like to move this quickly.
signoff x86_64
and another one for i686
Am Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:48:14 +0200 schrieb Thomas Bächler thomas@archlinux.org:
Thomas Bächler schrieb:
Thomas Bächler schrieb:
Another upstream release, I want to move directly after signoff.
Last minute changes:
- Changed number of maximum serial ports to 32
- Enabled ATI KMS (if this causes problems, blame Andy, he says
it's fine :D)
Working fine on x86_64, i686 will be ready soon.
Minor upstream update, the same holds again. Please sign off.
Anyone? I'd like to move this quickly.
signoff esktop and laptop x86_64, nouveau and radeon, both with kms running :)
-Andy
On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:48:14 +0200 Thomas Bächler thomas@archlinux.org wrote:
Thomas Bächler schrieb:
Thomas Bächler schrieb:
Another upstream release, I want to move directly after signoff.
Last minute changes:
- Changed number of maximum serial ports to 32
- Enabled ATI KMS (if this causes problems, blame Andy, he says
it's fine :D)
Working fine on x86_64, i686 will be ready soon.
Minor upstream update, the same holds again. Please sign off.
Anyone? I'd like to move this quickly.
Signoff x86_64.
-Daniel
participants (7)
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Allan McRae
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Andreas Radke
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Daniel Isenmann
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Pierre Schmitz
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Thomas Bächler
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Tobias Powalowski
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Xavier