From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Dave Airlie" Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvidiafb: allow ignoring EDID info Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:39:16 +1100 Message-ID: <21d7e9970701281639w57edc2efw4ba620d4c1bdcee7@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070128160831.fb51347f.akpm@osdl.org> <21d7e9970701281612q56b694edp6efd1a5556dea3fe@mail.gmail.com> <20070128162907.370f5476.akpm@osdl.org> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HBKYJ-0007FR-Fb for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:39:20 -0800 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.168]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1HBKYI-0000Jl-3n for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:39:19 -0800 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id z38so1092753ugc for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:39:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20070128162907.370f5476.akpm@osdl.org> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Andrew Morton Cc: Giuseppe Bilotta , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > > Because most users won't even be aware of the module option: they'll just > > > know that their card doesn't work right. > > > > This isn't a card problem this is a monitor problem, the card just > > passes through the edid data from the monitor... or else the > > programming of the card registers from edid is wrong.. > > In which case the same problem would occur with different video cards, so > this patch should be some generic thing, available to all drivers, no? > It should be in the fb layer not card specific.. as it may happen on any card... Dave. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV