Re: [PATCH] drm/i915: Use the first mode if there is no preferred mode in the EDID

[Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen@t-online.de>]

On 15.05.2014 10:19, Chris Wilson wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:13:01AM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 May 2014, Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen@t-online.de> wrote:
>>> On 13.05.2014 22:24, Jesse Barnes wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 13 May 2014 16:50:12 +0100
>>>> Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 04:07:37PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
>>>>>> This matches the algorithm used by earlier kernels when selecting the
>>>>>> mode for the fbcon. And only if there is no modes at all, do we fall
>>>>>> back to using the BIOS configuration. Seamless transition is still
>>>>>> preserved (from the BIOS configuration to ours) so long as the BIOS has
>>>>>> also chosen what we hope is the native configuration.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Reported-by: Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen@t-online.de>
>>>>>> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78655
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
>>>>>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>>> I don't think that Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org is necessary, kernels up
>>> to 3.14.x don't expose the problem. And as this fixes a post-3.14
>>> regression this is a clear candidate for 3.15
>> Chris, do we drop cc: stable?
> The switch-over was in 3.15, then yes the regression is only limited to
> 3.15
> -Chris
>
Still missing in git master ...

cu,
  Knut