[Bug 941172] Re: do-release-update to Precise produces a hardware-not-support-in-Natty warning

[Bryce Harrington]

"upstream" in this context means both X.org video driver and the
corresponding Linux kernel module.  Typically the same folks maintain
both chunks of code.

Even more specifically, when we talk about the "upstream for 8xx" we
really mean Intel's Open source technology center
(http://intellinuxgraphics.org/).  There are some community developers
who contribute to the 8xx codebase here and there, but most of the work
is done by the Intel guys.

Regarding "boot and run", specifically I mean boot into a regular X
session and work in at least 2D mode, hopefully without freezes or
graphics corruption, but perhaps missing some acceleration
functionality.

Note that with the 8xx hardware, you can almost assuredly get to a text
console using vesa or framebuffer drivers.  Which might be fine for a
server, but I think what we're more focusing on here is laptops and the
normal Ubuntu desktop experience; I wouldn't consider a text-only boot
to be "running" in that sense.

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Title:
  do-release-update to Precise produces a hardware-not-support-in-Natty
  warning

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “update-manager” source package in Precise:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  I ran "do-release-update -d" on a Lucid system to upgrade to Precise
  (which downloaded and ran version 0.156.6 of precise.tar.gz).

  As part of the pre-upgrade checking process, I got the following
  message:

    Your graphics hardware may not be fully supported in Ubuntu 11.04.

    The support in Ubuntu 11.04 for your intel graphics hardware is 
    limited and you may encounter problems after the upgrade. Do you want 
    to continue with the upgrade?

  Does this warning still apply to Precise?

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