Comment 9 for bug 19711

(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)

> > Does anybody know, whether this is normal and expected behaviour or if this is a
> > bug?
>
> It's kind of expected, as the radeon driver uses bus mastering to send commands
> to the graphics card when the DRI is enabled.
>

Well, if it's normal and expected, we can close or at least postpone the report.
There are certainly more critical bugs (such that lead to system freezes).

Just did not know, whether this was a bug. Somehow it's seemed like a bug, as
with or without dri modules loaded, I thought there is the same rendering
happening on the screen if I am idle (no 3D apps running).

> > Anything that can be done about it?
>
> Hard to say without knowing exactly what kind of bus mastering activity pattern
> is causing the problem. AFAIR someone else reported this before and provided
> much more detail, but I don't remember if that was here or in XFree86's bugzilla.

I searched the net, but only found a report on a suse mailing list. They said
it's a bug, but that report was never followed up on. If I find the report you
mentioned, I will put a link here, so that all information can be accessed from
one place.

> > ping...
>
> Keep in mind that most people here are volunteers.

Sure, I do. Just wanted to find out if I myself can do anything to help.

Thanks,

Michael