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[Bug 1473319] Re: CONFIG_DRM_I915_PRELIMINARY_HW_SUPPORT should be disabled

 

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.1.0-1.1

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linux (4.1.0-1.1) wily; urgency=low

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * SAUCE: overlay: add backwards compatible overlayfs format support V3
    - LP: #1395877, #1410480
  * SAUCE: overlayfs: when copying up and reading directories ensure
    mounter had permissions V2
    - CVE-2015-1328
  * [Packaging] fix up Vcs-Git: to point to launchpad
  * [Config] correct linux-initramfs-tool virtual linkage
    - LP: #1474810

  [ Chris J Arges ]

  * [Config] Add dm-service-time to multipath-modules
    - LP: #1469240
  * [Config] Add MTD_POWERNV_FLASH and OPAL_PRD
    - LP: #1464560

  [ Jay Vosburgh ]

  * SAUCE: fan: Proof of concept implementation (v2)
    - LP: #1439706
  * SAUCE: fan: tunnel multiple mapping mode (v3)
    - LP: #1470091

  [ Leann Ogasawara ]

  * Revert "SAUCE: ext4: disable ext4_punch_hole for indirect filesystems"
  * Revert "SAUCE: intel_pstate: inform user that thermald is worth
    considering"
  * Revert "SAUCE: Work around broken ACPI backlight on Dell Inspiron 5537"
  * Revert "SAUCE: dm-crypt: never use write same"
  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1476333

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * Rebase to v4.1
    - LP: #1443371
  * [Config] Enable Apparmor
  * [Config] CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS_V1=y
  * [Config] DEFAULT_IOSCHED="deadline" for ppc64el
    - LP: #1469829
  * [Config] CONFIG_VM86=n
    - LP: #1473447
  * [Config] ACORN_PARTITION=n
    - LP: #1453117

  [ Timo Aaltonen ]

  * [Config] Disable CONFIG_DRM_I915_PRELIMINARY_HW_SUPPORT
    - LP: #1473319

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * efi: efivar_create_sysfs_entry() should return negative error codes
  * efi: Add esrt support
  * x86, doc: Remove cmdline_size from list of fields to be filled in for
    EFI handover
  * efi/esrt: Fix some compiler warnings
  * efi: dmi: List SMBIOS3 table before SMBIOS table
  * efi: Add 'systab' information to Documentation/ABI
  * ALSA: hda - restore the MIC FIXUP for some Dell machines
    - LP: #1473560
  * mtd: powernv: Add powernv flash MTD abstraction driver
    - LP: #1464560
  * powerpc/powernv: Expose OPAL APIs required by PRD interface
    - LP: #1464560
  * powerpc/powernv: Add opal-prd channel
    - LP: #1464560
  * powerpc/powernv: fix construction of opal PRD messages
    - LP: #1464560
  * powerpc/include: Add opal-prd to installed uapi headers
    - LP: #1464560
  * powerpc/powernv: Fix vma page prot flags in opal-prd driver
    - LP: #1464560

 -- Leann Ogasawara <leann.ogasawara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  Mon, 20 Jul 2015
10:16:06 -0700

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2015-1328

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Title:
  CONFIG_DRM_I915_PRELIMINARY_HW_SUPPORT should be disabled

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  CONFIG_DRM_I915_PRELIMINARY_HW_SUPPORT is currently enabled, probably
  so that testing prerelease hardware is more convenient.

  But it has it's downsides too, the most important being that a release
  might ship with a kernel that has limited driver support for the new
  hardware, causing issues like the installer booting to a blank screen
  or crashing halfway through. In these cases it's best to rely on the
  fallback gfx driver so that the system can be installed and also used
  with limited functionality, until a proper (and possibly a 3rd party)
  kernel can be installed.

  This is also what upstream suggests for us to do. The setting can be
  overriden on kernel cmdline, so it allows testing said hw with
  i915.preliminary_hw_support=1.

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