Bug 867169

Summary: nouveau in optimus configuration oops on load
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Dave Airlie <airlied>
Component: kernelAssignee: Dave Airlie <airlied>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Version: 6.4CC: jkoten, tpelka
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Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.32-335.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2013-02-21 06:50:57 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Dave Airlie 2012-10-17 00:24:50 UTC
Booting a machine like Dell M4600 with an intel/nvidia in optimus causes an oops
in nouveau and the vga_switcheroo code, due to a missing patch in upstream backport.

Without this patch the machine fails to boot, the oops may or may not be visible.

Comment 1 RHEL Program Management 2012-10-17 00:30:54 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.  Product
Management has requested further review of this request by
Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red Hat
Enterprise Linux release for currently deployed products.
This request is not yet committed for inclusion in a release.

Comment 5 Jarod Wilson 2012-10-19 20:44:25 UTC
Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-335.el6

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2013-02-21 06:50:57 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0496.html