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+Commit 3cf2667 as of next-20130301 extended the struct fb_info
+with a skip_vt_switch to allow drivers to skip the VT switch
+at suspend/resume time. For older kernels we can skip this
+as all this switch does is call pm_vt_switch_required() with true
+or false depending on this new flag and later
+pm_vt_switch_unregister() would not have been made.
+
+This patch cannot be broken down further so I'm pegging
+this as the first one with 4 digits under the DRM folder
+for collateral evolutions. This reflects its as atomic as
+is possible. As we'll see on the next commit, these type
+of collateral evolutions can best be backported not by
+keeping ifdef's as below but instead by using a wrapper
+caller, to help reduce with the amount of lines of code
+we need. If a static inline is added upstream for these
+changes, then no code is required for backporting, at all,
+we'd just implement the static inline later upstream as
+a no-op.
+
+The tradeoffs to consider for this is if we can live with
+these practices upstream, we may be able to support full
+subsystems only with a compat module, and no need for
+patches. This also means less code and likely less bugs
+on the distribution front when backporting is required.
+At least IMHO this may be worthy to consider at least to
+support kernels listed as supported on kernel.org. We could
+just leave the ifdef hell to older unsupported kernels.
+
+Relevant commits below, starting with the first one that
+added this new collateral evolution.
+
+commit 3cf2667b9f8b2c2fe298a427deb399e52321da6b
+Author: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
+Date: Mon Feb 4 13:37:21 2013 +0000
+
+ fb: add support for drivers not needing VT switch at suspend/resume time
+
+ Use the new PM routines to indicate whether we need to VT switch at suspend
+ and resume time. When a new driver is bound, set its flag accordingly,
+ and when unbound, remove it from the PM's console tracking list.
+
+ Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
+ Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
+ Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
+
+commit 24576d23976746cb52e7700c4cadbf4bc1bc3472
+Author: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
+Date: Tue Mar 26 09:25:45 2013 -0700
+
+ drm/i915: enable VT switchless resume v3
+
+ With the other bits in place, we can do this safely.
+
+ v2: disable backlight on suspend to prevent premature enablement on resume
+ v3: disable CRTCs on suspend to allow RTD3 (Kristen)
+
+ Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
+ Reviewed-by: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@gmail.com>
+ Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
+
+--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
++++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
+@@ -150,8 +150,10 @@ static int intelfb_create(struct drm_fb_
+ }
+ info->screen_size = size;
+
++#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,10,0))
+ /* This driver doesn't need a VT switch to restore the mode on resume */
+ info->skip_vt_switch = true;
++#endif
+
+ drm_fb_helper_fill_fix(info, fb->pitches[0], fb->depth);
+ drm_fb_helper_fill_var(info, &ifbdev->helper, sizes->fb_width, sizes->fb_height);