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Message-Id: <20080831092722.c80c73c5.krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:27:22 +0200
From: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@...zta.fm>
To: "Phil Endecott" <phil_utscv_endecott@...zphil.org>
Cc: "Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
sylvain.meyer@...ldonline.fr,
linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] intelfb: support 945GME (as used in
ASUS Eee 901)
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:50:45 +0100
"Phil Endecott" <phil_utscv_endecott@...zphil.org> wrote:
> The following patch adds support for Intel's 945GME graphics chip to
> the intelfb driver. I have assumed that the 945GME is identical to the
> already-supported 945GM apart from its PCI IDs; this is based on a quick
> look at the X driver for these chips which seems to treat them
> identically.
>
> Signed-off-by: Phil Endecott <spam_from_intelfb@...zphil.org>
>
> ---
>
> The 945GME is used in the ASUS Eee 901, and I coded this in the hope that
> I'd be able to use it to get a console at the native 1024x600 resolution
> which is not known to the BIOS. I realised too late that the intelfb
> driver does not support mode changing on laptops, so it won't be any
> use for me. But rather than throw it away I will post it here as
> essentially "untested"; maybe someone who knows more about this driver,
> and with more useful hardware to test on, can pick it up.
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt b/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt
> index 27a3160..dd9e944 100644
> --- a/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ graphics devices. These would include:
> Intel 915GM
> Intel 945G
> Intel 945GM
> + Intel 945GME
> Intel 965G
> Intel 965GM
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfb.h b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfb.h
> index 3325fbd..a50bea6 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfb.h
> +++ b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfb.h
> @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
> #endif
>
> /*** Version/name ***/
> -#define INTELFB_VERSION "0.9.5"
> +#define INTELFB_VERSION "0.9.6"
> #define INTELFB_MODULE_NAME "intelfb"
> -#define SUPPORTED_CHIPSETS "830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G/915GM/945G/945GM/965G/965GM"
> +#define SUPPORTED_CHIPSETS "830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G/915GM/945G/945GM/945GME/965G/965GM"
>
Acked-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@...pl>
BTW, Is it possible to shorten this list by something like "830/845/852/865/915/945/965 models G, GM and GME" or
"830M/8x5G/8x5GM/9x5G/9x5GM/9x5GME" or maybe something else?
Regards,
Krzysztof
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