From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Ellerman Subject: Re: [Cbe-oss-dev] [patch 0/8] PS3 AV Settings Driver patches for 2.6.24 Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:40:33 +1000 Message-ID: <1190968833.15970.3.camel@concordia> References: <20070926163308.772580000@pademelon.sonytel.be> <1190860285.6502.6.camel@concordia> <46FBE6FD.3030605@am.sony.com> Reply-To: michael@ellerman.id.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1794142475==" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <46FBE6FD.3030605@am.sony.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Mime-version: 1.0 Sender: linuxppc-dev-bounces+glppd-linuxppc64-dev=m.gmane.org@ozlabs.org Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+glppd-linuxppc64-dev=m.gmane.org@ozlabs.org To: Geoff Levand Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, cbe-oss-dev@ozlabs.org, "Antonino A. Daplas" --===============1794142475== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-1qaHv7xrLXI47F1yCWXX" --=-1qaHv7xrLXI47F1yCWXX Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 10:23 -0700, Geoff Levand wrote: > Michael Ellerman wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 18:33 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > >> Hi, > >>=20 > >> Here are some new patches for the PS3 AV Settings Driver (ps3av), whic= h is > >> used in close collaboration with the PS3 Virtual Frame Buffer Device D= river > >> (ps3fb): > >> [1] ps3av: eliminate unneeded temporary variables > >> [2] ps3av: eliminate PS3AV_DEBUG > >> [3] ps3av: use PS3 video mode ids in autodetect code > >> [4] ps3av: treat DVI-D like HDMI in autodetect > >> [5] ps3av: add autodetection for VESA modes > >> [6] ps3av: add quirk database for broken monitors > >> [7] ps3av: remove unused ps3av_set_mode() > >> [8] ps3av: don't distinguish between `boot' and `non-boot' autodetec= tion > >>=20 > >> Please review, and queue for 2.6.24 if they're ok. Thanks! > >>=20 > >> Question: As several DVI-D displays advertise they support 1080i modes= while > >> they actually don't (cfr. the quirk database), perhaps I should drop 1= 080i > >> modes completely from the ps3av_preferred_modes[] table? Usually 720p = looks > >> better than 1080i anyway. What do you think? > >=20 > > Definitely. If the autodetection fails Linux is basically unusable on > > PS3 unless you hack the kernel sources and build your own kboot and > > otheros.bld - not entirely trivial for novice users. So it's pretty > > important that it works 100%. >=20 > It is not that bad. If a bootloader is configued to use autodetection > so that it is shown at best video mode, then it should have advertised > key sequences to default to known video modes, with at least a 480p 'safe= ' > mode. Oh OK, that is a good idea. What's the "safe mode" key sequence for the otheros.bld you provide on kernel.org? cheers --=20 Michael Ellerman OzLabs, IBM Australia Development Lab wwweb: http://michael.ellerman.id.au phone: +61 2 6212 1183 (tie line 70 21183) We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. - S.M.A.R.T Person --=-1qaHv7xrLXI47F1yCWXX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBG/L4BdSjSd0sB4dIRAmK3AJ9IxYifSuJ7KFDcbNTR7DWFPlifgQCghjKz exZ3Z2IVT9R1bnWw5hDgPwc= =s66q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-1qaHv7xrLXI47F1yCWXX-- --===============1794142475== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev --===============1794142475==--