From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH] acpi: Export EDID blocks to the kernel Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:53:59 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <1263323823-11847-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> <20100330164947.GA27983@srcf.ucam.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from vms173009pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.9]:14754 "EHLO vms173009pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755663Ab0DAAyR (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:54:17 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([unknown] [74.104.151.18]) by vms173009.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0L0600BD0AI1B6C2@vms173009.mailsrvcs.net> for linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:54:06 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: <20100330164947.GA27983@srcf.ucam.org> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Matthew Garrett Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 30 Mar 2010, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 02:17:03PM -0500, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > The ACPI spec includes a provision for hardware to provide EDID via the > > ACPI video extension. In the KMS world it's necessary for a way to obtain > > this from within the kernel. Add a function that either returns the EDID > > for the provided ACPI display ID or the first display of the provided type. > > Also add support for ensuring that devices with legacy IDs are supported. > > > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett > > Did this get picked up? No, it did not. Rui, Matthew is proposing adding an API to your driver. -Len