Comment 75 for bug 292256

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In , vlowther (victor-lowther) wrote :

(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > Kernel modesetting support in the latest pm-utils releases should no longer
> > have this bug -- please try testing with pm-utils 1.2.6.1
> >
> Actually it seems from recent comments in the original bug at Launchpad.net
> that having KMS on removes some needed quirks for the X40.
>
> On the other hand, it seems there's a kernel bug in which a patch is attached
> at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10985 which presumably removes
> the need for those quirks.
>
> Until that patch is committed to the kernel, perhaps more checks are needed to
> avoid removing certain quirks under certain circumstances?

Not when using KMS, no -- one of the primary goals of kernel modesetting is to eliminate quirks -- I am amenable to making it easier to let users temporarily work around any KMS related bugs using quirks, but I will not import KMS related quirks into pm-utils.