[beignet] 07/09: Better document that linux >= 4.2 fixes the "no __local on Haswell" bug

[Rebecca Palmer]

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commit 6355add25e7563ff12ed02d2685ace9013b69009
Author: Rebecca N. Palmer <rebecca_palmer at zoho.com>
Date:   Wed Nov 11 22:46:08 2015 +0000

    Better document that linux >= 4.2 fixes the
    "no __local on Haswell" bug
---
 debian/changelog                 |  2 ++
 debian/patches/update-docs.patch | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4daba71..1b700d5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ beignet (1.1.1-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Fix two printf bugs.
   * Declare Built-Using for statically linked libclang.
   * Fix shutdown order bug ("i915 kernel driver may not be sane").
+  * Better document that linux >= 4.2 fixes the
+    "no __local on Haswell" bug.
 
  -- Rebecca N. Palmer <rebecca_palmer at zoho.com>  Mon, 09 Nov 2015 21:47:04 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/update-docs.patch b/debian/patches/update-docs.patch
index 453be89..7f4e14e 100644
--- a/debian/patches/update-docs.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/update-docs.patch
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ index e9e2c16..3227340 100644
                        ret = SELF_TEST_SLM_FAIL;
                        printf("Beignet: self-test failed: (3, 7, 5) + (5, 7, 3) returned (%i, %i, %i)\n"
 -                             "See README.md or http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Beignet/\n",
-+                             "See /usr/share/doc/beignet-opencl-icd/Beignet.mdwn.gz or http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Beignet/\n",
++                             "This can usually be fixed by upgrading Linux to >= 4.2,\nsee /usr/share/doc/beignet-opencl-icd/Beignet.mdwn.gz or http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Beignet/\n",
                               test_data[0], test_data[1], test_data[2]);
  
                      }
@@ -49,6 +49,21 @@ index 9a2b516..72cf25e 100644
    git master.
  
  * "Beignet: self-test failed" and 15-30 unit tests fail on 4th Generation (Haswell) hardware.
+@@ -183,10 +183,11 @@ Known Issues
+   Linux <= 4.0, and requires the i915.enable_ppgtt=2 [boot parameter](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters)
+   on Linux 4.1.
+   
+-  This will be fixed in Linux 4.2; older versions can be fixed with
+-  [this patch](https://01.org/zh/beignet/downloads/linux-kernel-patch-hsw-support).
++  This is fixed from Linux 4.2, which is the default in sid/stretch, and available from -backports in jessie:
++  
++  `sudo apt-get install -t jessie-backports linux-image-amd64`
+   
+-  If you do not need \_\_local, you can override the self-test with
++  (or -i386).  If you do not need \_\_local, you can override the self-test with
+   
+   `export OCL_IGNORE_SELF_TEST=1`
+   
 diff --git a/docs/Beignet/Backend.mdwn b/docs/Beignet/Backend.mdwn
 index 583e5d2..e0de7bf 100644
 --- a/docs/Beignet/Backend.mdwn

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