From ba70710e59c701734aad524bc441b3400700e94b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:26:37 -0700 Subject: [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 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- drivers/video/Kconfig | 31 +++++++++++++++---------------- drivers/video/fbmon.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/video') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3