Linux DRM graphic stack backports

I use the open source graphic drivers and I want to use the latest graphical stack (which has the highest performance) on top of a stable kernel, so I backported bleeding edge DRM code from git:

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux/log/?h=drm-next
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~deathsimple/linux/log/?h=drm-next-3.15
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/drm-intel/log/?h=drm-intel-fixes
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/nouveau/linux-2.6/log/?h=drm-nouveau-next

~~Here is the patch you can apply on top of linux-3.11.1:~~

~~http://files2.linuxsystems.it/drm-fixes-3.11-20130919.patch.xz~~

~~Here is the patch you can apply on top of linux-3.12.0:~~

~~http://files2.linuxsystems.it/drm-next-3.12-20131109.patch.xz~~

~~http://files2.linuxsystems.it/drm-next-3.12.0-20131117.patch.xz~~

~~Here is the patch you can apply on top of linux-3.13.0:~~

~~http://files2.linuxsystems.it/drm-next-3.13.0-20140121.patch.xz~~

~~http://files2.linuxsystems.it/drm-next-3.13.0-20140130.patch.xz~~

Here is the patch you can apply on top of linux-3.14.0:

http://files2.linuxsystems.it/drm-next-3.14.0-20140407.patch.xz

You can apply the patch with a simple:

xzcat /path/drm-next-3.14.0-20140407.patch.xz | patch -p1

More patches will follow, you can subscribe if you are interested.

darkbasic

November 9, 2013 at 4:11 pm · Reply

New patch against 3.12 which backports drm from 3.13-rc1-pre

November 17, 2013 at 1:30 pm · Reply

New patch drm-next-3.12.0-20131117.patch.xz

January 28, 2014 at 11:18 am · Reply

New patch drm-next-3.13.0-20140121.patch.xz

April 8, 2014 at 11:29 am · Reply

New patch drm-next-3.14.0-20140407.patch.xz

Mike Lothian

April 8, 2014 at 12:06 pm · Reply

I’m curious why you don’t just use drm-next, next or Linus’s tree instead of backporting

the only time I usually see any issues at all is during the pre-rc1 stage and that’s a rarity

darkbasic

April 8, 2014 at 12:22 pm · Reply

Because I keep using a stable kernel API which means being able to link external modules against the kernel (for example catalyst).

V10lator

December 10, 2014 at 10:09 pm · Reply

Any updates? I would love to have the 3.19 (drm-next) stack for 3.16, for examle.

darkbasic

December 11, 2014 at 1:43 pm · Reply

The upstream drm policy changed (drm-next freezes at -rc5 of previous kernel) so I currently backport drm-next-3.19 on top of 3.18-rc[>=5] which is a nonsense to release because it isn’t a stable kernel.