linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/21] drm/i915: Only use VBT panel mode on eDP if no EDID is found

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Date:	Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:32:35 +0200
From:	Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
To:	Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>
Cc:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/21] drm/i915: Only use VBT panel mode on eDP if no
 EDID is found

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 06:09:36PM -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
> We're going to assume that EDID is more reliable than the VBT tables
> for eDP panels, which is notably true on MacBook machines where the
> VBT contains completely bogus data.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>
Ok, this is way over my head, just checked whether the patch does what it
claims to - nice exercise in reading dp modeset code ;-)
Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
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