From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Antonino Daplas Subject: Re: Reading the EDID block for x86 machines Date: 12 Mar 2003 05:33:08 +0800 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1047418384.1100.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from pine.compass.com.ph ([202.70.96.37]) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 18srPu-0003Dh-00 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 13:36:10 -0800 In-Reply-To: Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: James Simmons Cc: Linux Fbdev development list 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 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and the chance of winning an Apple iPod: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en