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From: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
To: Mike Isely <isely@isely.net>
Cc: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: Manual control of LVDS pixel formats and dual channel mode
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:42:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1bdc18$k6v1gd@fmsmga002.fm.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.10.1104130215590.5473@ivanova.isely.net>

On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:27:18 -0500 (CDT), Mike Isely <isely@isely.net> wrote:
> Keep in mind that if the probe action is returning wrong results, that's 
> worse than no results.  This isn't a question about "supplying missing 
> data" so much as it a case of "overriding bad data".  Without that fixed 
> mode disabling ability, it is very possible that the panel will simply 
> be set up wrong with a corrupted display, with no possible means for the 
> user to repair the problem.  That's what led me to make the change, and 
> that same change had been living peacefully in the userspace xorg 
> driver, up until the point that UMS had been removed from it.  Right now 
> without the ability to disable fixed mode there simply *is no* 
> workaround.

Point taken. If we can't get a resolution on i915.lvds_fixed_mode= within
the next week, let's focus on the workaround instead.
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre

  reply	other threads:[~2011-04-13  7:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-17 13:58 [PATCH 2/3] [drm/i915] - Implement ability to disabled LVDS fixed mode Mike Isely
2011-04-12 23:00 ` Manual control of LVDS pixel formats and dual channel mode Chris Wilson
2011-04-12 23:00   ` [PATCH 1/2] drm/i915: Implement direct support for 24 bit LVDS pixel format Chris Wilson
2011-04-12 23:01   ` [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915: Implement manual override of LVDS single/dual channel mode Chris Wilson
2011-04-13  7:27   ` Manual control of LVDS pixel formats and dual " Mike Isely
2011-04-13  7:42     ` Chris Wilson [this message]
2011-04-13 20:44       ` Mike Isely

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