xf86-video-ati with patch-src-radeon_driver.c freeze the system

[Andriy Gapon]

on 01/03/2011 13:49 Dima Panov said the following:
> Hello!
> 
> Strange results, but mobile radeons require this patch to work correctly :(
> Have it myself on radeon hd3200 (780g chipset) and radeon hd5470

IMO, having non-porting, that is functional, patches in a software like this is
not a way to go.  The problems should be reported to the upstream developers and
resolved in cooperation with them.

> 01.03.2011, 21:45, "Christian Weisgerber" <naddy at mips.inka.de>:
>> Zhihao Yuan <lichray at gmail.com>; wrote:
>>
>>>  Someone who submitted this patch gave me an horrible afternoon struggling
>>>  with the system that reboots again and again (the X and the system just
>>>  freeze actually, with no Xorg.log generated,
>>>  My card is ATI Mobile Radeon X1600. My working Xorg.0.log is also attached.
>>
>> Indeed, removing that patch fixes xf86-video-ati 6.14 for my
>> ATI Radeon RV370 X300 SE.
>>
> 
> 


-- 
Andriy Gapon