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<b><a class="bz_bug_link
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title="REOPENED - [i915][BYT] Blank screen on DSI panel"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101205#c37">Comment # 37</a>
on <a class="bz_bug_link
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title="REOPENED - [i915][BYT] Blank screen on DSI panel"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101205">bug 101205</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:jani.nikula@intel.com" title="Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>"> <span class="fn">Jani Nikula</span></a>
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<pre>(In reply to Innocent Bystander from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=101205#c21">comment #21</a>)
<span class="quote">> One thing I noticed is that Windows does not seem to reset the screen. It
> simply takes over the screen from EFI and starts drawing on top of it.
>
> On the other hand, the Linux driver seems to reset the panel, after which
> point the screen remains blank.
>
> Is it possible to tell the driver not to reset the panel?</span >
In the long run, that's the plan across all panels. I think you can currently
try it with i915.fastboot. Might work, might not.
However, that will only help the takeover at boot. If the driver does not know
how to properly enable the display, it'll fail the next time you do a modeset
anyway.</pre>
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