[Openchrome-devel] DVI output for CX700 integrated TMDS

Thomas Hellström thomas
Mon Jan 19 00:35:57 PST 2009


Xavier Bachelot wrote:
> Adam Szmigin wrote:
>   
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I have built a multimedia machine with a Via EPIA EX motherboard and 
>> have recently just realised that there is no support for using its DVI 
>> output without resorting to the VBEModes hack.  This has motivated me 
>> into looking at the driver code, and I'd like to help to write something 
>> for the openchrome project so that the CX700's integrated TMDS and DVI 
>> output can be used.
>>
>> Is anybody currently writing any code to do this?  I wouldn't want to 
>> step on anyone's toes.
>>
>> (I recently saw a post by Frans-Willem Hardijzer to that effect:
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/openchrome-users at openchrome.org/msg01238.html
>> .. I spoke to Frans, and he's unable to spend any time to work on the 
>> driver at the moment.)
>>
>>     
> Nobody is working on this at the moment. Tim Chen from VIA is willing to 
> assist on this topic once the dual head/randr 1.2 infrastructure is 
> finished, afaiu.
>
>   
Is anyone actively working on RandR 1.2 support for openChrome?

/Thomas





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