linux-kernel - Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] nvidiafb: allow ignoring EDID info

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0702081756270.7686@pentafluge.infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:56:57 +0000 (GMT)
From:	James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>
To:	linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
	Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] nvidiafb: allow ignoring EDID info


> > There is no stand alone nvidia card i2c driver. Its the issue of sharing 
> > device interfaces with the same hardware problem again!!! 
> 
> Nah, nvidiafb registers the I2C busses, you can drive them with whatever
> you want through the devices exported by I2C core.
> The fact the none of them work makes me think that the EDID is coming
> from the BIOS, we do VBE calls in real mode during early kernel setup.

What I meant is we can't load the i2c code seperate from the fbdev driver.

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