Backporting some patches to use i915.fastboot=1 by default

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

To complete flickerfree boot support and remove the last modeset
on systems using an Intel iGPU, I've been working with i915 upstream
to make i915.fastboot=1 the default, this is part of:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/FlickerFreeBoot

I've just gotten agreement on a patch for this and a Reviewed-by
for that patch. That patch enables 915.fastboot=1 by default on
Skylake (gen9) and newer Intel graphics.

I would like to cherry-pick this patch and some small related
i915 bugfixes into the Fedora 5.0.0 kernel. This is only intended
for rawhide / F30, I will add a note to rebase-notes that the
patch flipping the default for gen9+ should be dropped for
f29 and older (the bug fixes can stay).

I would like to add these patches to the current rawhide kernel
soon, so that this get as much testing as possible. Is that
ok with you (the Fedora kernel team) ?

Regards,

Hans

[Laura Abbott]

On 1/25/19 12:43 AM, Hans de Goede wrote:
>  Hi,
>  
>  To complete flickerfree boot support and remove the last modeset
>  on systems using an Intel iGPU, I've been working with i915 upstream
>  to make i915.fastboot=1 the default, this is part of:
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/FlickerFreeBoot
>  
>  I've just gotten agreement on a patch for this and a Reviewed-by
>  for that patch. That patch enables 915.fastboot=1 by default on
>  Skylake (gen9) and newer Intel graphics.
>  
>  I would like to cherry-pick this patch and some small related
>  i915 bugfixes into the Fedora 5.0.0 kernel. This is only intended
>  for rawhide / F30, I will add a note to rebase-notes that the
>  patch flipping the default for gen9+ should be dropped for
>  f29 and older (the bug fixes can stay).
>  
>  I would like to add these patches to the current rawhide kernel
>  soon, so that this get as much testing as possible. Is that
>  ok with you (the Fedora kernel team) ?
>  
>  Regards,
>  
>  Hans 
No objections from me.