linux-kernel - Re: [V5 PATCH 1/4] drivers-gpu-drm-allow-to-load-edid-firmware.patch

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Date:	Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:39:28 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Carsten Emde <C.Emde@...dl.org>
Cc:	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>,
	Paul Menzel <paulepanter@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
	DRI <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [V5 PATCH 1/4] drivers-gpu-drm-allow-to-load-edid-firmware.patch

On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:56:24 BST, Carsten Emde said:
> Broken monitors and/or broken graphic boards may send erroneous or no
> EDID data. This also applies to broken KVM devices that are unable to
> correctly forward the EDID data of the connected monitor but invent
> their own fantasy data.

>  Documentation/EDID/HOWTO.txt        |   39 +++++
>  Documentation/EDID/Makefile         |   26 +++

Documented *and* a Makefile to automate it. Nice. :)  That addresses my
comments..

Acked-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>

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