Émeric, I think it was a mistake. I am having some graphical corruption while using Xorg on 3.2.x kernels, but I can definitely boot with KMS and interact with the console glitch-free. The issue described with the PowerPC-based laptops was that the computer hangs -- this simply doesn't happen on ia64. In later kernels, KMS+Xorg+Mesa DRI drivers work great, so even if it is set for !x86, it should be removed later. I think you should file a bug for it.
Patrick On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 6:16 AM, Émeric Maschino <emeric.masch...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello, > > Sorry, I was unclear! > > When Ben told that "KMS is currently non-functional on most non-x86 > laptops" [1], was he referring to this particular kernel version, or > more generally? > In short, should file a bug asking to enable back Radeon KMS for > current kernel 3.2.35-1 or for forthcoming > 3.2 kernels (I had no > problem with Radeon KMS enabled on Gentoo with kernel 3.5)? > BTW, bug #628972 was reported against PPC. Does it mean that Radeon > KMS was nevertheless disabled for all architectures? This sounds a > little bit overkill... > > Thanks, > > Emeric > > [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=628972#10 > > > 2013/1/13 Stephan Schreiber <i...@fs-driver.org>: > > Quoting Émeric Maschino: > > > >> Back from a break, I've updated my Wheezy setup, just to discover that > >> Xorg.0.log complains that [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't > >> supported. > >> And indeed, grep KMS /boot/config-3.2.0-4-mckinley reports > >> CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS is not set :-( > >> Any reason for this? I had no problem with previous > >> linux-image-3.2.0-4-mckinley 3.2.32-1 and Radeon KMS enabled. > > > > > > You can read in the changelog of linux (3.2.35-1): > > ... > > [ Ben Hutchings ] > > ... > > * [!x86] radeon: Disable DRM_RADEON_KMS, as this is still not expected to > > work (Closes: #628972) > > ... > > > > > > > >> Should I file a bug report? > > > > > > I think you should. Ask whether DRM_RADEON_KMS can be enabled again on > ia64. > > > > Regards > > Stephan > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ia64-requ...@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > Archive: > > > http://lists.debian.org/20130113191112.horde.whn6celccoxq8vja3py1...@webmail.df.eu > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ia64-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/caa9xbm5zkjpm3rfdzc_ghmqjmwjrrzoomtppakx6rdz2oj+...@mail.gmail.com > >
