Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 3 Aug 2012 11:24:51 -0500 | From | Seth Forshee <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 3/5] drm/i915: register LVDS connector even if we can't get a panel mode |
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On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 05:14:16PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 11:02:19AM -0500, Seth Forshee wrote: > > Some Apple hybrid graphics machines do not have the LVDS panel connected > > to the integrated GPU at boot and also do not supply a VBT. The LVDS > > connector is not registered as a result, making it impossible to support > > graphics switching. > > > > This patch changes intel_lvds_init() to register the connector even if > > we can't find any panel modes. This makes it necessary to always check > > intel_lvds->fixed_mode before use, as it could now be NULL. > > This one kind of sucks. I think adding a quirk for this situation would > be justifiable, rather than doing it for all devices.
This is one of the things I wasn't so sure about. There are various checks in intel_lvds_init() that can cause it to bail out before we try to get the EDID, and I don't fully understand all of them. If non-laptop machines are expected to bail out before the EDID check then the approach I've taken seems reasonable. Otherwise adding a quirk probably is a good idea.
Seth
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