[i915_bpo][APL][BXT] Add support for new Intel chip [8086:5a84]

Bug #1606129 reported by Phidias
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
HWE Next
Fix Released
Critical
Timo Aaltonen
linux (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Timo Aaltonen

Bug Description

i915_bpo in Xenial doesn't support certain graphic chips which already in used for OEM projects. We either got black screen or hardware acceleration doesn't work. There's a series of patches from up to v4.8 kernel need to be backported.

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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote : Missing required logs.

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1606129

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Phidias (phidias-chiang)
tags: added: originate-from-1602502 somerville
Phidias (phidias-chiang)
summary: - [i915_bpo][APL] Add support for Intel BXT graphic [8086:5a84]
+ [i915_bpo][APL][BXT] Add support for new Intel chip [8086:5a84]
description: updated
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Changed in hwe-next:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in hwe-next:
importance: Undecided → Critical
assignee: nobody → Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)
Revision history for this message
Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

this is fixed in 4.8 and up, bumping i915_bpo to 4.8 is not going to happen so essentially wontfixed for 4.4.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in hwe-next:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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