linux-kernel - [ERROR] drm:edid; Unexpected error messages in syslog

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Date:	Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:37:06 +1000
From:	Peter Williams <pwil3058@...pond.net.au>
To:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>, Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@...el.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [ERROR] drm:edid;  Unexpected error messages in syslog

I've started getting the following messages on recent kernels:

Oct  5 16:50:40 mudlark kernel: [drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* EDID 
checksum is invalid, remainder is 16
Oct  5 16:50:40 mudlark kernel: [drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
Oct  5 16:50:40 mudlark kernel:
Oct  5 16:50:40 mudlark kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: VGA-1: EDID invalid.
Oct  5 16:50:40 mudlark kernel: [drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* EDID 
checksum is invalid, remainder is 16
Oct  5 16:50:40 mudlark kernel: [drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
Oct  5 16:50:40 mudlark kernel:
Oct  5 16:50:40 mudlark kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: VGA-1: EDID invalid.
Oct  5 16:50:41 mudlark kernel: [drm] DAC-6: set mode 1600x1200 16
Oct  5 16:50:45 mudlark kernel: [drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* EDID 
checksum is invalid, remainder is 16
Oct  5 16:50:45 mudlark kernel: [drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
Oct  5 16:50:45 mudlark kernel:
Oct  5 16:50:45 mudlark kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: VGA-1: EDID invalid.
Oct  5 16:50:45 mudlark kernel: [drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* EDID 
checksum is invalid, remainder is 16
Oct  5 16:50:45 mudlark kernel: [drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
Oct  5 16:50:45 mudlark kernel:
Oct  5 16:50:45 mudlark kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: VGA-1: EDID invalid.
Oct  5 16:50:45 mudlark kernel: [drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* EDID 
checksum is invalid, remainder is 16
Oct  5 16:50:45 mudlark kernel: [drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
Oct  5 16:50:45 mudlark kernel:
Oct  5 16:50:45 mudlark kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: VGA-1: EDID invalid.
Oct  5 16:51:00 mudlark kernel: [drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* EDID 
checksum is invalid, remainder is 16
Oct  5 16:51:00 mudlark kernel: [drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
Oct  5 16:51:00 mudlark kernel:
Oct  5 16:51:00 mudlark kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: VGA-1: EDID invalid.
Oct  5 16:51:00 mudlark kernel: [drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* EDID 
checksum is invalid, remainder is 16
Oct  5 16:51:00 mudlark kernel: [drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
Oct  5 16:51:00 mudlark kernel:
Oct  5 16:51:00 mudlark kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: VGA-1: EDID invalid.
Oct  5 16:51:00 mudlark kernel: [drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* EDID 
checksum is invalid, remainder is 16
Oct  5 16:51:00 mudlark kernel: [drm:edid_is_valid] *ERROR* Raw EDID:
Oct  5 16:51:00 mudlark kernel:
Oct  5 16:51:00 mudlark kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: VGA-1: EDID invalid.

Should I worry about these?  There's no other noticeable problem with 
the system.

Peter
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Peter Williams                                   pwil3058@...pond.net.au

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