Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 3 Aug 2012 17:14:16 +0100 | From | Matthew Garrett <> | 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 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.
-- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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