Hi Linus,
These are some fixes for the vmware graphics driver, that fix some black screen issues on at least Ubuntu 16.04, I think VMware would like to get these in so stable can pick them up ASAP.
It's up to you if you aren't comfortable with them at this stage.
Dave.
The following changes since commit 71404e8a88fa4a94b3833ccc853c322fd33336d7:
Merge tag 'drm-intel-fixes-2016-07-14' of git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm-intel into drm-fixes (2016-07-15 09:19:14 +1000)
are available in the git repository at:
git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux tags/drm-fixes-for-v4.7-rc8-vmware
for you to fetch changes up to d2e1204f896b17bda1922f6320d3b442367302fc:
Merge branch 'drm-vmwgfx-fixes' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~syeh/repos_linux into drm-fixes (2016-07-15 13:51:55 +1000)
---------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Airlie (1): Merge branch 'drm-vmwgfx-fixes' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~syeh/repos_linux into drm-fixes
Sinclair Yeh (7): drm/vmwgfx: Add a check to handle host message failure drm/vmwgfx: Work around mode set failure in 2D VMs drm/vmwgfx: Add an option to change assumed FB bpp drm/ttm: Make ttm_bo_mem_compat available drm/vmwgfx: Check pin count before attempting to move a buffer drm/vmwgfx: Delay pinning fbdev framebuffer until after mode set drm/vmwgfx: Fix error paths when mapping framebuffer
Thomas Hellstrom (1): drm/vmwgfx: Fix corner case screen target management
drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c | 7 ++--- drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_dmabuf.c | 25 +++++++++++++++--- drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c | 12 +++++++++ drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h | 1 + drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++---------------- drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c | 10 +++----- drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_msg.c | 3 +++ drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_stdu.c | 8 +++--- include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h | 14 ++++++++++ 9 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)