Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:18:25 -0700 | From | Jesse Barnes <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.31-rc7 |
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On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:12:14 -0700 (PDT) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > In all three cases the end result is "no EDID", but regardless of > that, the correct action is basically _never_ to say "ok, I'll just > assume that the display is on connector XYZ regardless of what the > state of the graphics chip is".
Yeah, that's normal. Most builtin panels don't have EDIDs. Failures on attached monitors are potentially more serious.
> > so yes I think do better at failing is what is needed, its still > > failing but its more user friendly fail. > > Yes. If something fails ("oops, I can't seem EDID for any > connector"), I wish KMS would fail way better than just default to > some crazy setup. The failure mode should be to at least drive > whatever the BIOS enabled.
Right, we need to improve our detection heuristics. We've recently added some to catch non-existent LVDS displays, but currently don't have any for VGA. Using the current configuration as a guide is a reasonable addition...
-- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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