Bug 158000
| Summary: | [PATCH] i915 drm module does not support i945G chipset | ||||||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | Reporter: | wingc | ||||
| Component: | kernel | Assignee: | Red Hat Kernel Manager <kernel-mgr> | ||||
| Status: | CLOSED WONTFIX | QA Contact: | Brian Brock <bbrock> | ||||
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||
| Priority: | medium | ||||||
| Version: | 4.0 | CC: | jbaron | ||||
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| Hardware: | All | ||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |||||
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| Last Closed: | 2012-06-20 16:02:10 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||
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Description of problem: The i915 drm driver in the RHEL4 kernel does not support the i945G integrated graphics controller found in recent Intel-based x86_64 capable PCs. The existing i915G code in the RHEL4 kernel seems to work with the i945G if the appropriate PCI IDs are added. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Tested on most recent RHEL4 beta kernel (2.6.9-6.37.EL) How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. try to get DRI accelerated OpenGL to work on a i945G based machine Actual results: The i915.ko kernel DRM driver does not recognize the i945G Expected results: Additional info: Attached is a patch against the most recent RHEL4 beta sources (2.6.9-6.37.EL) which adds the i945G PCI IDs and just uses the existing i915G code in the i915 kernel DRM driver. Using this patch, I built the i915 driver as a standalone module for x86_64. I can confirm that with this patch, OpenGL is working properly on my hardware (pre-production Dell GX620, x86_64, with onboard i945G graphics) See also the related bugs:
bug #157991 (intel-agp driver needed on x86_64)
bug #157995 (support i945G host bridge in intel-agp driver)
bug #157997 (i915 DRM kernel module needed on x86_64)
bug #158014 (support i945G integrated graphics in xorg-x11 i810 driver)
bug #158015 (support i945G integrated graphics in i915 DRI driver)
bug #158016 (disable debugging output to stderr in i915 DRI driver, x86_64)
Taken as a series, when these are all resolved it will be possible to get
working OpenGL acceleration in RHEL4 for the i945G integrated graphics chipset
on x86_64.
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Created attachment 114477 [details] [PATCH] support the i945G in the i915G kernel drm module