[PATCH 1/3] Extract the EDID blob when adding a DRM output

Kai-Uwe Behrmann ku.b at gmx.de
Fri Apr 19 12:19:21 PDT 2013


Am 19.04.2013 21:12, schrieb David Herrmann:

> Why do you keep the blob around all the time? Just free it in
> create_output_for_connector() after you parsed it. If we somehow need
> it later, we can always change it again. But your patches don't depend
> on it being around all the time so lets just free it right away.

The EDID blob is exposed under X11, which is a good thing in many cases. 
Do you have a special reason to suggest otherwise on Wayland/Weston?

kind regards
Kai-Uwe


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