Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:44:05 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers-gpu-drm-allow-to-load-edid-firmware.patch |
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> This patch allows to load an EDID data set via the firmware interface. > It contains data sets of frequently used screen resolutions (1024x768, > 1280x1024, 1680x1050 and 1920x1080). The requested EDID data are > specified as a module parameter of the drm_kms_helper module, e.g. > options drm_kms_helper edid_firmware=edid/1280x1024.bin or as kernel > command line parameter.
What if the DRM layer and driver are compiled in. They'll come up as console before the file system so the firmware request will hang ?
Given the EDID is tiny and is data not code wouldn't it be simpler (and smaller) if this option compiled in a few generic EDIDs to use ?
Alan
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