Ac stable on our doorstep?

[Andrzej Krzysztofowicz]

Jakub Bogusz wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 01:17:24PM +0200, Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote:
> > Adam =?iso-8859-2?Q?Go=B3=EAbiowski?= wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 12:23:28AM +0200, Marcin Król wrote:
> > > > If I'll decide to release Ac now following things will happen:
> > > > - kernel will be built from LINUX_2_6_16 branch
> > > 
> > > Seems like a good choice for me - when 2.6.17 / 2.6.18 will be ready
> > > - afair zbyniu is still working on Xen - it could be released as an
> > > update. 
> > 
> > BTW, the last kernel I found working (relatively stable) framebuffer is
> > 2.6.14.7-2...
> 
> Which one?

matroxfb (afair, I use compiled-in for Matrox G400). Tried atyfb previously
- same problems.

> No (serious) problems for me with tdfxfb on 2.6.15 (~vanilla) and rivafb
> on 2.6.16.18 (PLDish).
> 
> On rivafb sometimes some small red junk at cursor position appears
> after printing some weird stuff (usually binary file), disappears after
> switching vts.

Random problems when switching to text console / another Xserver (no text,
just random data on the screen or the screen filled with a single reversed
character). I know no way to restore text consoles without reboot.

Random deadlocks with quick switching Xserver video modes (this happens also
with earlier kernels but not so frequently).

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