RE: kern/55198: When the video card is Intel Mobile 965GM Express, i915drmkms has error CPU pipe A FIFO underrun, also X freezes/hangs

["David H. Gutteridge" <david%gutteridge.ca@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/55198; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "David H. Gutteridge" <david%gutteridge.ca@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: RE: kern/55198: When the video card is Intel Mobile 965GM Express,
 i915drmkms has error CPU pipe A FIFO underrun, also X freezes/hangs
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 14:18:45 -0400

 On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 at 11:22:48 -0500 (CDT), John D. Baker wrote:
 > On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 12:45:02 +0000 (UTC), Izumi Tsutsui
 >  <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost> wrote:
 > 
 >  >  Gen3
 >  >   915G (GMA 900)  OK (jdbaker@)
 >  >   945G (GMA 950)  NG (jdbaker@)
 >  |     ^
 >  While I do have a 945GCL system, X is not installed on it so I have
 >  never tested it.
 > 
 >  What I did report is:
 > 
 >    946GZIS (GMA 3000) NG
 >  |   ^
 >  (nine-four-six, not nine-four-five)
 
 I have a laptop with a 945GME running i386/9.0_STABLE that I've tested
 UXA vs. SNA with. UXA is indeed an improvement for it, e.g., use of UXA
 prevents some crashes with Xfce4, fixes window decoration rendering
 issues in Fluxbox, etc.
 
 Thanks,
 
 Dave