Re: [PATCH] drm, drm/i915/lvds: Honour video= parameter to override LVDS fixed mode

Chris Wilson
2011-03-29T06:49:15Z

On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:18:49 +0200, Oliver Seitz <info@vtnd.de> wrote:
>
> > Hi Chris, have you updated this patch?
>
> I think this patch may be obsolete, as these patches
>
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2011-March/009583.html
>
> do the same and much more. It is not clear yet how to prevent users from
> accidentally using these functions which will make the display
> unreadable when used carelessly.

Yes, Oliver pointed out that we need to pass much more panel
configuration data in order to configure a bare LVDS. Given the bizarre
situation of the LVDS-attached-HDMI PNV boxes (how I love our market
differentiate strategy!), I think we have to accept the user-override.
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre