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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] drivers-gpu-drm-allow-to-load-edid-firmware.patch
> 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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