UBUNTU: [SAUCE] Update Poulsbo Video driver to build 5.0.0.0040

[Steve Magoun]

On Apr 15, 2009, at 8:28 AM, Tim Gardner wrote:

> Jim Lieb wrote:
>>   Update drm Poulsbo code to current Intel release with slight mods  
>> to fit
>>    LUM build environment.
>>
> I want the OEM guys to weigh in this one. Why are we updating Hardy  
> with
> a patch of this magnitude? At least I assume its Hardy, but you don't
> really say anywhere. Is this for the general LPIA tree, or for a
> targeted platform that has its own kernel? What is the regression  
> potential?


Tim,

The patch is for the netbook-lpia branch of the Hardy kernel.

As you know the OEM team has contracts to deliver Ubuntu 8.04 on a  
number of hardware platforms. One of these platforms is Intel's  
'Menlow' platform, which includes the 'Poulsbo' companion chip. The  
Poulsbo has an onboard graphics engine which (unfortunately) requires  
a custom drm module (drm_psb). Intel is still actively developing the  
driver for this chip, so the OEM team needs to integrate new versions  
of the driver as they become available.


Steve