Messages in this thread | | | From | Thomas Jarosch <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] pci: Add quirk for still enabled interrupts on Intel Sandy Bridge GPUs | Date | Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:45:52 +0100 |
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On Wednesday, 7. December 2011 22:08:11 Thomas Jarosch wrote: > Some BIOS implementations leave the Intel GPU interrupts enabled, > even though no one is handling them (f.e. i915 driver is never loaded). > Additionally the interrupt destination is not set up properly > and the interrupt ends up -somewhere-. > > These spurious interrupts are "sticky" and the kernel disables > the (shared) interrupt line after 100.000+ generated interrupts. > > Fix it by disabling the still enabled interrupts. > This resolves crashes often seen on monitor unplug.
Happy new year 2012!
Any news on the status of this patch?
Cheers, Thomas
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