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Bug#658764: Radeon HD 6310: corrupt output unless firmware-linux-nonfree installed



On 12-Mar-2012, Jonathan Nieder wrote:

> Since you've checked a recent version (3.2.9), normally the next step
> would be to pass the report upstream. Since this report is about behavior
> without the firmware loaded, I do not expect them to be interested until
> we have a proposed patch.

I thought the kernel developers took the opposite stance: that bug reports
*with* non-free drivers loaded are not wanted, since debugging becomes too
difficult inside binary blobs.

Isn't it more helpful that we have a problem that occurs only in the free
software?

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