Hi, I submitted a bug report as suggested.
Thanks. On 20/09/2016, Brad Campbell <lists2...@fnarfbargle.com> wrote: > On 19/09/16 22:53, Edward Bartolo wrote: >> Hi, >> >> If DNG administrators consider this email not appropriate for the >> list, please delete it. >> >> A kernel error is requesting me to upgrade my HP Probook 4540s UEFI. >> The error involves the i915 graphics driver. On another laptop, the >> one on which I coded simple-netaid, i915 failed to turn on the >> backlight for a whole year. However, at that time I found a workaround >> using a kernel parameter. I wish I find another kernel parameter that >> prevents the current error. Since DNG is read by many who may have >> used kernel parameters to override sloppy firmware implementations, I >> am posting here for some help. > > This is really the wrong place. You want to be reaching out to the i915 > developers at : dri-de...@lists.freedesktop.org > > It's not insisting you upgrade UEFI, it's attempting to say "Your BIOS > has mis-programmed the GPU. Maybe if you are lucky your vendor might > have a newer BIOS that does not do dumb stuff, so try upgrading". > > My overall experience with this has been that in general the Windows > drivers don't care about the issue or else the BIOS would not have made > release, so your chances of a viable update are slim to none. Approach > the guys who actually write the driver and give them some useful > information to work with, and you might be pleasantly surprised with a > workaround or fix. > > Brad > -- > Dolphins are so intelligent that within a few weeks they can > train Americans to stand at the edge of the pool and throw them > fish. > -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng