Re: [PATCH] retrieve VBE EDID/DDC info independent of used video mode

[Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>]

On Sunday 08 July 2007 20:14:04 Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 09:27:55 -0400 Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 
> > Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:25:31 -0400 Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > >> This patch solves a 2.6.20.11 (and 2.6.21) regression added by the patch 
> > >> titled "x86: Don't probe for DDC on VBE1.2"
> > >>
> > >> The regression caused the screen resolution to be incorrectly adjusted 
> > >> by 6 pixels. This patch makes it go back to normal again.
> > >>
> > >> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=181067
> > >>
> > >> Please apply this patch or discuss further :)
> > > 
> > > Well drat.  I didn't merge the patch because it conflicts with
> > > git-newsetup, and Peter believes that git-newsetup already contains an
> > > equivalent fix.  Testing 2.6.22-rc6-mm1 would confirm that.  Please.
> > 
> > 2.6.22-rc6-mm1 has the same problem (it is not fixed there).
> > 
> 
> Well damn, we've let this slide for too long.
> 
> Guys, 2.6.22 is days away.  Do we think that the below is safe to merge
> now?

I feel uneasy with the patch that late and i don't think the bug is 
particularly critical.

-Andi