From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Schoeller Subject: 855resolution patch and linux framebuffer Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:35:25 -0700 Message-ID: <43BAC3ED.1090900@plek.net> 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 1Etr0J-0004eo-5T for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:35:27 -0800 Received: from edgar1.colorado.edu ([128.138.129.100]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1Etr0H-0005wQ-Lf for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:35:26 -0800 Received: from [198.11.27.13] (vpn-dhcp-13.colorado.edu [198.11.27.13]) (authenticated bits=0) by edgar1.colorado.edu (8.13.3/8.13.3/UnixOps+Hesiod+SSL) with ESMTP id k03IZO9E023558 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 11:35:24 -0700 (MST) 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"; format="flowed" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net I have been working recently with the framebuffer driver vesafb and kernel 2.6.14. I am using the Intel 855GME chipset on a dell 700m laptop. The native resolution of the LCD on this device is 1280x800 - but can only be achieved after using Alain Porier's 855resolution patch to enter the correct mode into the chipset's BIOS. The sad thing is that I have to do this on every boot - and thus I have to run it before I load the vesafb driver. This procedure is undesirable. Is there a way similar functionality of this 855resolution patch could be integrated into the kernel in some way? I think it would be very useful for everyone who is using this chipset and is dealing with having to enter modes into the BIOS in similar fashions. -eric ------------------------------------------------------- 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