On Thu, Apr 2, 2026 at 4:59 AM Thorsten Leemhuis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lo! Me again, sorry for pestering you folks about workflow issues again > after doing so just a few weeks ago. :-/ > > On 4/1/26 20:44, Alex Deucher wrote: > > > > More stuff for 7.1. > > > > The following changes since commit a51973c5dff8a0f01cc7d1b2007306ea0004fa16: > > > > Merge tag 'drm-xe-next-2026-03-26-1' of > > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/xe/kernel into drm-next (2026-03-30 > > 06:04:59 +1000) > > > > are available in the Git repository at: > > > > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/agd5f/linux.git > > tags/amd-drm-next-7.1-2026-04-01 > > [...] > > I noticed that this lacks "drm/amd/display: Wire up > dcn10_dio_construct() for all pre-DCN401 generations", which is a fix > that was posted 10 days ago[1] for a 7.0-rc1 regression that at least > three people hit[2]; a fix that now seems to be in "this week's display > driver promotion cycle before merging"[3] at AMD. > > Is this delay really needed / worth it for a regression fix at this > point of the our devel cycle? > > And yes, I understand that this might be shared code that AMD wants to > test internally first. Still asking, because at the same time it would > be nice to (a) fix the regressions rather sooner than later and (b) not > fix in the last minute. > > Are "pre-DCN401" chips even tested in this "driver promotion cycle"? And > how often does it find problems anyway? Can't we just apply the fix and > revert it quickly later in case AMD find problems (yes, I understand > that this complicates things, but I wonder if that might be worth it if > this is rare)? >
There are always new fixes. Worse case it ends up in 7.0.1. If it causes other regressions, then we end up introducing a new regression in rc7. Pick your poison I guess. Alex > Ciao, Thorsten > > [1] > https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ > > [2] > https://lore.kernel.org/all/caokstbs1vnbdjrze3m2v-nc%[email protected]/ > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/work_items/5052 > > [3] > https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
