Subject: Re: [PATCH] radeonfb update (new patch)
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@pld-linux.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
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Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 09:25:02 +1100
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On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 09:11 +0100, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote:
> On Thursday 03 of February 2005 07:38, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> 
> > > Are you seriously proposing this for 2.6.11??
> >
> > Well... There should be no problem with
> > add-try_acquire_console_sem.patch and
> > update-aty128fb-sleep-wakeup-code-for-new-powermac-changes.patch.
> >
> > radeonfb is another story, but the newer patch is definitely less
> > invasive. It really just fixes bugs and adds the bulk of PM stuff to
> > wakeup the newer chips, plus some backlight changes. It's been tested by
> > pmac users for a while, the only reason I sent it to you only recently
> > is that i was away for a month !
> ,,backlight changes'' - that interests me. My ibook g4 1.2GHz right now can 
> sleep and wake up sometimes (with additional patch) but the backlight doesn't 
> turn on or is very, very dark and I can't make it lighter from keyboard. Is 
> this change related to such problems?

Yes. Please let me know if the patch makes it better.

> Generic question - how does suspend to ram/suspend to disk looks for ibook g4 
> in current Linus and mm kernels?

suspend-to-ram should work with this radeonfb patch.

> > I'm hesitating about having it in 2.6.11 tho due to linus wanting to
> > release real soon, I'd rather have a bit more non-ppc testing just in
> > case though... but now it depends entirely on when linus plans to get
> > 2.6.11 out of the door.
> >
> > Ben.
> 
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Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>

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