Re: i915 module bug (was: can't disable Thinkpad touchpad)
On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 11:45:47PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Jul 2015, Haines Brown wrote:
> > At kernel.org, there's available a stable kernel 4.1.2 dated 10
> > July. Although I've never ventured to compile a kernel, I suspect I
> > could download the tarball and try to compile it. Or am I on the wrong
> > track?
>
> You might want to reconsider that. 4.1.2 is too new, it is not nearly as
> safe as you might think to use that kernel.
Henrique, your advice is much appreciated. I have come to understand
that the distribution kernels differ from Linus' kernels and it is wise
to stick with the former.
The laptop I'm using is running Debian Sid. There are two kernels
available for it, and the one I'm currently using is the
4.0.0-2-amd64. It has the i915 with the bug. But also installed is a
3.16.0-4-amd64.
> Actually, if the patch you need already went to stable@lists.kernel.org, it
> will land in 3.16-ckt (the longterm branch that is "upstream" of the Debian
> jessie kernel), and maybe even in a Debian kernel update, well before I'd
> consider 4.1.y safe to use.
Off hand, the 3.16.0-4-amd64 kernel does not have the bug. That is, the
system responds to the # shutdown command.
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