Graphical Distribution Upgrades

[drago01]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 2:54 AM, Chris Murphy <lists at colorremedies.com> wrote:
> Another challenge, tangential from upgrades: hybrid graphics. Apple's
> been doing this for 5+ years, with completely seamless switching
> between integrated and discrete graphics. More recently it's
> increasing in popularity among even mid-range non-Apple hardware.
>
> And the kernel honestly doesn't do well here, it often gets the
> switching confused, and as far as I know there's no on-the-fly
> switching based on usage. The plus for the user is integrated graphics
> for better battery life, and discrete graphics for heavy lifting
> software and when running on a power adapter - best of both.
>
> Maybe the seamless switching becomes possible with Wayland? But the
> intermittent confusion before x even starts is presumably kernel
> confusion (and regressions). I'm not sure what the solution is, but
> it's understandable users will pick the path of least resistance. That
> doesn't mean Fedora itself is doing something wrong that it can
> obviously correct.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=734346
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=704387

I have no clue what you mean with "kernel confusion".
But non of these has anything to do with upgrades.