[Lucid] SRU: Update to DRM33.8/9 stable kernel

[Brad Figg]

On 09/22/2010 11:52 AM, Stefan Bader wrote:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/linux/+bug/645444
>
> SRU Justification
>
> Impact: The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar in scope
> to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to demonstrably fix a bug, and
> each patch is vetted by upstream by originating either directly from Linus' tree
> or in a minimally backported form of that patch.
> Lucid was released with the DRM subsystem updated to the 2.6.33 level because
> 2.6.32 was too unstable there. Until 2.6.33 went out of upstream support, we
> picked the patches for DRM from this tree. After that we now keep an upstream
> tree that continues that effort and selectively picks changes from more recent
> stable kernels or upstream patches that been passing SRU criteria and review.
>
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/smb/linux-2.6.32.y-drm33.z.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/v2.6.32.17.9
>
> TEST CASE: TBD
>
> ==========
>
> The following 10 patches have been in DRM33.8:
> * drm/i915: don't access FW_BLC_SELF on 965G
> * drm/radeon/kms: add quirk for ASUS HD 3600 board
> * drm/i915: gen3 page flipping fixes
> * drm/i915: don't queue flips during a flip pending event
> * drm/i915: Hold the spinlock whilst resetting unpin_work along error path
> * drm/i915: handle shared framebuffers when flipping
> * drm/i915: add PANEL_UNLOCK_REGS definition
> * drm/i915: make sure eDP panel is turned on
> * drm/i915: make sure we shut off the panel in eDP configs
> * Linux 2.6.32.17+drm33.8
>
> The following 2 patches have been in DRM33.9 (Revert because accidentally
> applied twice):
> * Revert "drm/radeon/kms: add quirk for ASUS HD 3600 board"
> * Linux 2.6.32.17+drm33.9
>
> The following patches had been applied pre-stable and have been replaced by the
> upstream versions:
> * drm/i915: add PANEL_UNLOCK_REGS definition
> * drm/i915: make sure eDP panel is turned on
> * drm/i915: make sure we shut off the panel in eDP configs
>
> A preview of the patches applied to Lucid can be found at:
>
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=smb/ubuntu-lucid.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/drm-next
>

Acked-by: Brad Figg <brad.figg at canonical.com>

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