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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next prev 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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