[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] kernel 2.6.32.2-2

[Evangelos Foutras]

On 26/12/2009 10:55 πμ, Tobias Powalowski wrote:
> Hi guys,
> small rebuild,
> added Jan's intel i915 patch and changed radeon kms to be disabled by default.
>
> Upstream changes:
> http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges
>
> Arch Linux bugfixes/feature requests:
> http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16855 # added CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
> http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/17106 # added CONFIG_MMIOTRACE
>
> Arch Linux changes:
> - splitted kernel-headers to extra package
>    If you want to build external modules please install:
>    pacman -S kernel26-headers
>    Please change your PKGBUILDS to makedepend on this package.
> - added xen support to 64bit kernel
> - changed intel kms enabled by default
> - radeon kms is now disabled by default
>    Please use the modeset option to enable it.
> - changed to new firewire subsystem:
> http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration
>
> Please signoff both arches,
>
> greetings
> tpowa

I tried this revised kernel package on my Aspire One (Intel 945GME I 
think?) and the screen died twice not long after boot. In both events, I 
had to perform a reboot (SysRq + REISUB) to bring it back to life.

Next, I tried booting with the 'nomodeset' kernel option, but X 
complained that "no screens [were] found". Later I discovered that I had 
to downgrade xf86-video-intel to 2.9.1-1 because apparently 2.9.99.902-1 
requires KMS.

I should note that with 2.6.32.2-1 I had noticed only one or two screen 
blackouts in the ~6 days I was using it.