RedHat patch used in Fedora Core 13. This patch prevents instantaneous crashes when starting Xorg. Index: linux-2.6.33-rc7/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.33-rc7.orig/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c 2010-02-15 16:11:03.352204419 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.33-rc7/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c 2010-02-19 12:32:55.802554946 +0900 @@ -3711,6 +3711,10 @@ mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex); + /* We don't get the flushing right for these chipsets, use the + * big hamer for now to avoid random crashiness. */ + wbinvd(); + i915_verify_inactive(dev, __FILE__, __LINE__); if (atomic_read(&dev_priv->mm.wedged)) {