Re: Question about drm-intel-next vs drm-intel-next-fixes for HDMI scrambling patch

Rodrigo Vivi <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:13:32 -0400
Newsgroups org.freedesktop.lists.intel-gfx,org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 05:36:07AM +0200, Jerome Tollet wrote:
> Hi Jani,
> 
> Thanks, this clarifies the process.
> 
> I understand that the patch was applied to drm-intel-next first, but since it
> had neither a Fixes: nor a Cc: [email protected] trailer, it was not
> selected for drm-intel-fixes.
> 
> Since the patch fixes 4K@60Hz failures on some HDMI 2.0 sinks, and has passed
> CI and review, would you consider it appropriate to cherry-pick it into
> drm-intel-fixes for Linux 7.2, or should it remain targeted at Linux 7.3?

I will pick this up and send towards the 7.2

Do you agree that a proper fixes tag for this patch should be:

Fixes: 15953637886d ("drm/i915: enable scrambling")

?

If so I will manually add it while picking up for fixes.

Thanks,
Rodrigo.

> 
> I am happy to provide any additional testing or information if needed.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jerome