Intel Sends In The First Set Of Changes For Linux 4.16 i915 DRM

The highlights of this first pull request of several expected of new Intel i915 DRM feature material for Linux 4.16 includes:
- Continued work on enabling Cannonlake "Gen 10" graphics support... With Linux 4.16 it looks like things are settling down for getting the next-gen Intel graphics support properly sorted out on Linux. Among the Cannonlake feature work in this pull is HDMI 2.0 support and clock fixes.
- Improvements to its self tests and other Intel tests.
- Context switching fixes and improvements.
- Simplifications around GT power savings and power-gating.
- GEM proxy support as well as other GEM memory management clean-ups and improvements.
- New hardware workarounds for Cannonlake and Geminilake.
- Stolen memory handling improvements.
- Continued GuC / HuC changes, including preemption support with GuC.
- A number of Intel GVT virtualization changes that missed the 4.15 merge window.
The complete list of these changes can be found via this pull request.
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