[3.13.y.z extended stable] Patch "Skip intel_crt_init for Dell XPS 8700" has been added to staging queue

Kamal Mostafa kamal at canonical.com
Thu May 1 19:17:52 UTC 2014


This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    Skip intel_crt_init for Dell XPS 8700

to the linux-3.13.y-queue branch of the 3.13.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.13.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.13.11.1.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.13.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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From: Giacomo Comes <comes at naic.edu>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 14:13:55 -0400
Subject: Skip intel_crt_init for Dell XPS 8700

commit 10b6ee4a87811a110cb01eaca01eb04da6801baf upstream.

The Dell XPS 8700 has a onboard Display port and HDMI port and no VGA port.
The call intel_crt_init freeze the machine, so skip such call.

Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73559
Signed-off-by: Giacomo Comes <comes at naic.edu>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_crt.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_crt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_crt.c
index b5b1b9b..c48e62d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_crt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_crt.c
@@ -764,6 +764,14 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id intel_no_crt[] = {
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "ZGB"),
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		.callback = intel_no_crt_dmi_callback,
+		.ident = "DELL XPS 8700",
+		.matches = {
+			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
+			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "XPS 8700"),
+		},
+	},
 	{ }
 };

--
1.9.1





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