[Intel-gfx] [Patch 0/3] DRM/I915: Use the child device array to decide whether the given HDMI/DP should be initialzied

Jesse Barnes jbarnes at virtuousgeek.org
Mon Sep 21 18:15:42 CEST 2009


On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:30:29 +0800
ykzhao <yakui.zhao at intel.com> wrote:
> On most boxes it is reliable and can be used to decide whether the
> LVDS/TV should be initialized. But after I check the vbios collected
> from Jesse, I find that it is not reliable.
> 
>    On some boxes the definition of child device is incorrect. In such
> case it can't be used to decide whether the LVDS/TV should be
> initialized.

Can we detect that by checking the child device block size vs. our
internal definition?  Or have you seen cases where the child device
block is apparently valid but has the wrong outputs too?  If so, then
yeah we may need to just use it as a heuristic like we do for the lid
device...

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center



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