FS#10248 - Kernel Mode-Setting

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Jared McKee (jared) - Monday, 21 April 2008, 23:18 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 07:22 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Would it be possible to include the Kernel Mode Setting (for the intel drivers) feature in the Arch Linux kernel? (Fedora 9 Beta includes it)

It is discussed here: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=kernel_modesetting&num=1

I tried appending "i915.modeset=1" to my kernel boot line for grub and it did nothing so I assume the feature isn't supported yet for Arch Linux.
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 07:22 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 08:48 GMT
This will need updates for the kernel DRM framework from the -mm branch. As we're trimming down our kernel patches currently, I don't think this will go into the -ARCH kernel, as this needs a git snapshot of the DRM framework, several patches to fix bugs in the git snapshot and additionally this intel patch to enable kernel mode settings.
Comment by Pierre Schmitz (Pierre) - Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 07:08 GMT
This feature is in very early alpha/beta stage. You'll have to wait until it's stable and included upstream.

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