[git pull] drm fixes

Alex Riesen raa.lkml at gmail.com
Thu Dec 23 01:32:27 PST 2010


On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 04:54, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds at linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> Why does that code need to figure out some LVDS clock from the BIOS?
> Why can't the code look at the actual hardware state or similar, since
> presumably the screen is on after boot. THAT we can rely on, since a
> BIOS that doesn't initialize LVDS is not going to ever ship even as
> pre-release.

What if the system booted with it's display turned off? Like a closed
laptop lid or disconnected monitor?


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