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From: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
To: James Simmons <jsimmons@infradead.org>
Cc: Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: Reading the EDID block for x86 machines
Date: 12 Mar 2003 05:33:08 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1047418384.1100.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0303111537420.23668-100000@phoenix.infradead.org>

On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 23:49, James Simmons wrote:
> > Anyway, I need help in testing the code (especially the Detailed
> > Information part).  Just apply the attached patch, disable Enhanced Disk
> > Driver support (under Processor Type and Features), and enable EDID
> > support (under Graphics option).  Finally, add the following line to the
> > fbdev driver that you use (anywhere, but a good place is the init code):
> 
> Diable Enhanced Disk support :-( I have a few suggestions. One we add a 
> pointer to struct screen_info that points to the edid information. We can 
> use phys_to_virt to translate that address into virtual memory. I can 
> create a patch today and store it in the BK tree. 

I think I found a chunk of around 500 bytes between INITRD and EDD, so
we can squeeze in EDID in there :-)  Although I'm confident on this,
I'll feel better if someone who boots with initrd can test it.

Tony



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  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-03-11 21:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-03-11 12:49 Reading the EDID block for x86 machines Antonino Daplas
2003-03-11 15:49 ` James Simmons
2003-03-11 20:07   ` Antonino Daplas
2003-03-11 21:33   ` Antonino Daplas [this message]
2003-03-11 21:47     ` Antonino Daplas
2003-03-11 22:05     ` Jon Smirl
2003-03-11 22:33       ` Antonino Daplas
2003-03-11 22:54         ` Jon Smirl
2003-03-11 23:02           ` Antonino Daplas
2003-03-11 23:42             ` Jon Smirl
2003-03-12 17:38               ` Antonino Daplas
2003-03-12 18:16                 ` Jon Smirl
2003-03-12 22:38                   ` Antonino Daplas
2003-03-12 23:36                     ` Jon Smirl
2003-03-12 23:47                     ` Jon Smirl
2003-03-13  6:50                     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2003-03-13 15:42                       ` Jon Smirl
2003-03-16 23:00                       ` Antonino Daplas
2003-03-17  4:00                         ` Jon Smirl
2003-03-17  7:00                           ` Antonino Daplas
2003-03-17 19:33                             ` Jon Smirl
2003-03-17 21:38                               ` Antonino Daplas
2003-03-17 22:02                                 ` Jon Smirl
2003-03-17 22:29                                   ` Antonino Daplas
2003-03-17 23:41                                     ` Jon Smirl
2003-03-18  9:06                                       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2003-03-18 10:00                                       ` Antonino Daplas
2003-03-18 17:07                                         ` Jon Smirl
2003-03-19  5:15                                           ` Antonino Daplas
2003-03-19  6:07                                             ` Jon Smirl
2003-03-18  0:00                                     ` Jon Smirl
2003-03-11 23:54             ` Jon Smirl
2003-03-12 12:10 ` Ville Syrjälä
2003-03-12 17:38   ` Antonino Daplas
2003-03-12 18:47     ` Ville Syrjälä

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