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|    Alexey Vissarionov to Maurice Kinal    |
|    5.8.8    |
|    10 Sep 20 21:32:00    |
   
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   Good ${greeting_time}, Maurice!   
      
   10 Sep 2020 11:06:40, you wrote to me:   
      
    AV>> kernel-image-rz-5.8.8-zt1.x86_64.rpm   
    AV>> kernel-headers-rz-5.8.8-zt1.x86_64.rpm   
    AV>> kernel-modules-rz-5.8.8-zt1.x86_64.rpm   
    MK> Linux version 5.8.8 (root@bitskii)   
      
   That could work for a single machine, annoys when you have 10, and appears   
   almost impossible when you have over a hundred.   
      
    MK> However it still is having troubles with the i915drmfb frame buffer   
    MK> device wrt Intel UHD Graphics 630 and mplayer using fbdev2 as the   
    MK> output device. It works perfect with pre 5.8.x kernel versions. I   
    MK> haven't tried it with anything else since this is the only machine I   
    MK> ever do multimedia stuff on at the moment. My best guess is that the   
    MK> kernel's framebuffer drivers still need work.   
      
   Possibly you've misconfigured it...   
      
   % dmesg | grep i915   
   [ 2.171089] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console   
   [ 2.173576] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: o   
   ddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem   
   [ 2.205643] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20200515 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor   
   0   
   [ 2.481708] fbcon: i915drmfb (fb0) is primary device   
   [ 3.072236] i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: i915drmfb frame buffer device   
      
   Everything works just fine here.   
      
      
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