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Bug 1541030 - Current xorg-x11-drv-intel driver in EL is outdated and does not support Intel Kabylake GT2 GPU from Intel Core i7-7700HQ
Current xorg-x11-drv-intel driver in EL is outdated and does not support Inte...
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: xorg-x11-drv-intel (Show other bugs)
7.4
x86_64 Linux
unspecified Severity high
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Assigned To: Adam Jackson
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Reported: 2018-02-01 09:52 EST by Tomasz Tomasik
Modified: 2018-04-10 07:54 EDT (History)
6 users (show)

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Fixed In Version: xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.917-27.20160929.el7
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Last Closed: 2018-04-10 07:53:17 EDT
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SRPM file (2.56 MB, application/x-rpm)
2018-02-01 09:52 EST, Tomasz Tomasik
no flags Details
RPM SPEC file (18.23 KB, text/x-rpm-spec)
2018-02-01 09:52 EST, Tomasz Tomasik
no flags Details
xorg.conf for intel (2.19 KB, text/plain)
2018-02-01 11:07 EST, Tomasz Tomasik
no flags Details
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.917-31.20160929.el7.src.rpm (2.56 MB, application/x-rpm)
2018-02-01 18:41 EST, Tomasz Tomasik
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SPEC file from xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.917-31.20160929.el7.src.rpm (18.00 KB, text/x-rpm-spec)
2018-02-01 18:42 EST, Tomasz Tomasik
no flags Details


External Trackers
Tracker ID Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Bugzilla 1445583 None CLOSED [Intel 7.5 Bug][KVMGT] Xorg cannot start if specify intel as driver in Xorg conf when using gvt-g vgpu. 2018-09-07 02:12 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2018:0736 None None None 2018-04-10 07:54 EDT

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Description Tomasz Tomasik 2018-02-01 09:52:07 EST
Created attachment 1389544 [details]
SRPM file

Intel Kabylake GT2 GPU from Intel Core i7-7700HQ CPU isn't supported by current X.Org X11 Intel video driver in EL7 ("xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.917-26.20160929.el7.x86_64.rpm"): "(EE) No devices detected".
This GPU works ok with "modesetting" driver, but modesetting isn't a complete replacement for the intel driver: "modesetting isn't a complete replacement for the intel driver. 2D performance, virtualisation, colour management and other vendor-specific features aren't supported with xorg-x11-drv-modesetting"
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1445583#c14

I already backported xorg-x11-drv-intel package from Fedora 28 ("xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.917-32.20171025.fc28.x86_64.rpm"):
https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=996252

Here is my COPR repo with packages for EL7 ("xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.917-34.20171025.el7.x86_64.rpm"):
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/scx/xorg-x11-drv-intel/

My RPM SPEC:
http://wklej.org/hash/6a3bc069cd2/txt/

Installation Instructions:
cd '/etc/yum.repos.d/'
curl 'https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/scx/xorg-x11-drv-intel/repo/epel-7/scx-xorg-x11-drv-intel-epel-7.repo' > 'scx-xorg-x11-drv-intel-epel-7.repo'
yum install 'xorg-x11-drv-intel'

TL;DR
Please upgrade X.Org X11 Intel driver in EL 7.5 from 20160929 to at least 20171025. Thanks in advance.
Comment 2 Tomasz Tomasik 2018-02-01 09:52 EST
Created attachment 1389545 [details]
RPM SPEC file
Comment 3 Tomasz Tomasik 2018-02-01 11:07 EST
Created attachment 1389616 [details]
xorg.conf for intel
Comment 5 Adam Jackson 2018-02-01 12:33:58 EST
I'd be fine with updating this. The intel driver's change rate has dropped significantly, making me more willing to trust an arbitrary snapshot.
Comment 6 Tomasz Tomasik 2018-02-01 18:40:07 EST
It seems that dropping the "0001-sna-Let-modestting-glamor-handle-gen9.patch" solves the problem. However, due lack of time, I can't say too much about the long-term stability of this solution. The 20171025 driver was already tested in Fedora >= 27 since October 2017. Please remember that even after 2.99.917-27, intel driver is still disabled by default, because the xserver now defaults to the modesetting driver for all recent GPUs.
SPEC file from "xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.917-31.20160929.el7.src.rpm": http://wklej.org/hash/441ad00949e/txt/

Summary: I backported changes from "xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.917-34.20171025.el7.src.rpm" to the 20160929 driver and it seems to work, but I can't say too much about the long-term stability of this solution.
Comment 7 Tomasz Tomasik 2018-02-01 18:41 EST
Created attachment 1389800 [details]
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.917-31.20160929.el7.src.rpm
Comment 8 Tomasz Tomasik 2018-02-01 18:42 EST
Created attachment 1389801 [details]
SPEC file from xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.917-31.20160929.el7.src.rpm
Comment 9 Adam Jackson 2018-02-06 11:28:40 EST
(In reply to Tomasz Tomasik from comment #6)
> It seems that dropping the
> "0001-sna-Let-modestting-glamor-handle-gen9.patch" solves the problem.

We have already done this in 7.5, so that's good to hear.
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 07:53:17 EDT
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.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:0736

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