From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] fbdev: Convert a few drivers to use the fb_find_best_display helper Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 16:20:27 +1100 Message-ID: <1132809627.26560.436.camel@gaston> References: <435F70CE.1070207@gmail.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Ef9av-0006Oq-1p for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:24:29 -0800 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1Ef9at-0008R6-N1 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:24:29 -0800 In-Reply-To: <435F70CE.1070207@gmail.com> Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Andrew Morton On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 20:04 +0800, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > Convert i810fb, nvidiafb and savagefb to use the fb_find_best_display > helper when searching for the initial video mode. >From my experience, the 1st detailed timing is only good for flat panels... A lot of CRTs put junk in there. In fact, I suspect for CRT, the only sane thing is to default to 1024x768 if it fits the timings or 640x480 if not =P and let the user/distro deal with changing to something else. Ben. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click