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Thomas Hellstrom f0d88b9b44 drm/vmwgfx: Fix incorrect write to read-only register v2:
commit 4e578080ed upstream.

Commit "drm/vmwgfx: correct fb_fix_screeninfo.line_length", while fixing a
vmwgfx fbdev bug, also writes the pitch to a supposedly read-only register:
SVGA_REG_BYTES_PER_LINE, while it should be (and also in fact is) written to
SVGA_REG_PITCHLOCK.

This patch is Cc'd stable because of the unknown effects writing to this
register might have, particularly on older device versions.

v2: Updated log message.

Cc: Christopher Friedt <chrisfriedt@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Christopher Friedt <chrisfriedt@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakob Bornecrantz <jakob@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2014-07-09 11:14:00 -07:00
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2013-04-30 15:15:58 +02:00
2013-04-30 10:02:25 +10:00
2013-04-26 10:20:00 +10:00

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* For the very latest on DRI development, please see:      *
*     http://dri.freedesktop.org/                          *
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The Direct Rendering Manager (drm) is a device-independent kernel-level
device driver that provides support for the XFree86 Direct Rendering
Infrastructure (DRI).

The DRM supports the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) in four major
ways:

    1. The DRM provides synchronized access to the graphics hardware via
       the use of an optimized two-tiered lock.

    2. The DRM enforces the DRI security policy for access to the graphics
       hardware by only allowing authenticated X11 clients access to
       restricted regions of memory.

    3. The DRM provides a generic DMA engine, complete with multiple
       queues and the ability to detect the need for an OpenGL context
       switch.

    4. The DRM is extensible via the use of small device-specific modules
       that rely extensively on the API exported by the DRM module.


Documentation on the DRI is available from:
    http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Documentation
    http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=387
    http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/

For specific information about kernel-level support, see:

    The Direct Rendering Manager, Kernel Support for the Direct Rendering
    Infrastructure
    http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/drm_low_level.html

    Hardware Locking for the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
    http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/hardware_locking_low_level.html

    A Security Analysis of the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
    http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/security_low_level.html