-next queue and EDID stuff

[Daniel Vetter]

On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 12:23:43AM -0500, Ian Pilcher wrote:
> On 08/29/2012 04:38 PM, Adam Jackson wrote:
> > So to me, that says that drivers need to ask _both_ whether the monitor
> > supports audio and whether it's HDMI before sending HDMI-specific audio
> > signalling.
> 
> OK, so the burden is on the individual drivers.
> 
> In terms of moving forward with the rest of the EDID quirk stuff, are
> you OK with either of these options:
> 
> * Remove EDID_QUIRK_NO_AUDIO from the flags for the LG L246WP.  It won't
>   work "out of the box" with the Intel driver until that driver is
>   fixed to not send audio InfoFrames to non-HDMI displays (but anyone
>   who has the combination will be able to add their own quirk to make
>   it work).
> 
> * Leave both flags, because both are accurate.  The display is confused
>   by any InfoFrames (audio or AVI), and it is reporting non-existent
>   audio capabilities.  The fact that the combination of the two flags
>   makes the display work with Intel GPUs is a happy/sad/neutral
>   accident, and the driver's behavior is still considered broken.
> 
>   (Essentially, this would mean just editing the comments to reflect the
>   above reasoning.)
> 
> If needed, I can easily create a new patch for either option.  Just let
> me know.

I've decided that simply fixing the intel driver is easier. Patch on it's
way, please test.

Thanks, Daniel
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