linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] host1x: hdmi: Detect whether display is connected with HDMI or DVI

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Date:	Wed, 04 Sep 2013 12:40:58 -0600
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
To:	Mikko Perttunen <mperttunen@...dia.com>
CC:	thierry.reding@...il.com, tbergstrom@...dia.com,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] host1x: hdmi: Detect whether display is connected
 with HDMI or DVI

On 08/28/2013 09:48 AM, Mikko Perttunen wrote:
> Use EDID data to determine whether the display supports HDMI or just DVI.
> This used to be hardcoded to be HDMI, which broke support for DVI displays
> that couldn't understand the interspersed audio/other data.
> 
> If the EDID data isn't available, default to DVI, which should be a safer
> choice.

This seems like a bug-fix that might even be worth CC: stable?
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