From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] fbdev: Make BIOS EDID reading configurable Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:24:40 +0800 Message-ID: <43FE9898.3030801@gmail.com> References: <43FDA3C2.2010109@gmail.com> <20060223163438.63ce04e8.akpm@osdl.org> <43FE83DA.3050505@gmail.com> <20060223201030.d5a70121.akpm@osdl.org> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1FCVSG-0008An-Ca for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:25:24 -0800 Received: from pproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.166.181]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1FCVSE-0007vK-RD for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:25:24 -0800 Received: by pproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 57so278568pya for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:25:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20060223201030.d5a70121.akpm@osdl.org> Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Andrew Morton wrote: > "Antonino A. Daplas" wrote: >>> Also, is it not possible to defer this operation until we've parsed the >>> command line, control it with a kernel boot parameter? >>> >> I thought of that, but it seems a bit complicated to me to parse boot >> options in assembly so I left this for another time. > > Well I'm wondering whether we can instead do this query later on, after > we've entered start_kernel(). The query is done while machine is in real mode (in arch/i386/boot/video.S). > >> The firmware EDID is only used as fallback, or if drivers have no DDC/I2C >> support. Currently, all drivers that use the firmware EDID also have I2C >> support in place. And chances are, if DDC transfers failed, the firmware >> EDID will also be absent. > > hm. Don't you think `default y' would be better? As it is, people's stuff > will mysteriously stop working. Hmm. You're right, 'default y' looks better. Would you like me to send you a patch, or would you rather take care of it? Tony ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642