Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 3 Aug 2012 17:27:02 +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 11:24:51AM -0500, Seth Forshee wrote:
> 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.
I know we've previously had problems with machines with phantom LVDS hardware, but I'm not sure what the current state of affairs is.
-- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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