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| author | Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> | 2006-06-26 00:26:37 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-06-26 09:58:30 -0700 |
| commit | ba70710e59c701734aad524bc441b3400700e94b (patch) | |
| tree | b48dc0a2295ac3a1c76d60418c1ca0ddb02d99cc /drivers | |
| parent | 026fbe16c29848648599df9967b98250a6b86916 (diff) | |
[PATCH] fbdev: Firmware EDID fixes
- make firmware edid independent from framebuffer (No need to choose
framebuffer just to disable this option
- enable this option in X86_64
- check if VBE/DDC function is implemented before calling actual function
Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/video/Kconfig | 31 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/video/fbmon.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/Kconfig b/drivers/video/Kconfig index 90cd5587d4e..2a265e1c7cb 100644 --- a/drivers/video/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/video/Kconfig @@ -4,6 +4,21 @@ menu "Graphics support" +config FIRMWARE_EDID + bool "Enable firmware EDID" + default y + ---help--- + This enables access to the EDID transferred from the firmware. + On the i386, this is from the Video BIOS. Enable this if DDC/I2C + transfers do not work for your driver and if you are using + nvidiafb, i810fb or savagefb. + + In general, choosing Y for this option is safe. If you + experience extremely long delays while booting before you get + something on your display, try setting this to N. Matrox cards in + combination with certain motherboards and monitors are known to + suffer from this problem. + config FB tristate "Support for frame buffer devices" ---help--- @@ -70,22 +85,6 @@ config FB_MACMODES depends on FB default n -config FB_FIRMWARE_EDID - bool "Enable firmware EDID" - depends on FB - default y - ---help--- - This enables access to the EDID transferred from the firmware. - On the i386, this is from the Video BIOS. Enable this if DDC/I2C - transfers do not work for your driver and if you are using - nvidiafb, i810fb or savagefb. - - In general, choosing Y for this option is safe. If you - experience extremely long delays while booting before you get - something on your display, try setting this to N. Matrox cards in - combination with certain motherboards and monitors are known to - suffer from this problem. - config FB_BACKLIGHT bool depends on FB diff --git a/drivers/video/fbmon.c b/drivers/video/fbmon.c index 87b0224d234..3ccfff715a5 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbmon.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbmon.c @@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ int fb_validate_mode(const struct fb_var_screeninfo *var, struct fb_info *info) -EINVAL : 0; } -#if defined(CONFIG_FB_FIRMWARE_EDID) && defined(__i386__) +#if defined(CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID) && defined(CONFIG_X86) /* * We need to ensure that the EDID block is only returned for |