[CentOS] Intel HD graphics & CentOS 6: Error inserting i915

Mon Aug 1 09:40:16 UTC 2011
Timo Neuvonen <timo-news at tee-en.net>

>> >> You need at least a 2.6.38 kernel.
>> >>
>> >> From: http://intellinuxgraphics.org/2011Q1.html
>> >>
>> >
>> > And in case of CentOS it means Redhat needs to backport the driver to 
>> > el6
>> > 2.6.32 kernel.
>>
>> I admit that my secret dream is that RH already would have done that for
>> RHEL 6.1 kernels, otherwise it will take rather long time. AFAIK, they
>> backport things like that only for new minor versions, so if it's not in 
>> 6.1
>> in the beginning, it won't be there before 6.2?
>>
>
> Correct.
>
> You could grab the el6.1 kernel src.rpm from ftp.redhat.com and read the 
> changelog.. (if redhat still lists all the changes in the changelog, now 
> when they don't ship separate patches anymore..)

Looks like it's included in RHEL 6.1:
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.1_Release_Notes/desktop.html


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