Re: kern/57882: ThinkPad T480 intel GPU missing firmware in 10.0_RC3

[Bartek Krawczyk <bbartlomiej.mail%gmail.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/57882; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bartek Krawczyk <bbartlomiej.mail%gmail.com@localhost>
To: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>, gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/57882: ThinkPad T480 intel GPU missing firmware in 10.0_RC3
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 11:57:52 +0100

 On 28.01.2024 09:44, Martin Husemann wrote:
 > The DMC firware is optional (and AFAICT mostly unused if present).
 > It makes no noticable change in behaviour on any i915 I tested.
 
 I understand,
 isn't this runtime power management used at tall within the kernel?
 
 https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/gpu/i915.html
 ^this mentions it allows for disabling parts of hardware.
 
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 BartÅ?omiej Krawczyk