[Bug 643] Intel 855 vbios resolution problem

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------- Additional Comments From ma at dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de  2004-11-12 14:36 -------
Similar problem on the i915G, for instance in Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo W620
(i915G) - its BIOS (1.06) supports only up to 1024x768, but lacks entries for
1280x1024. Older i845 based Scaleos _had_ 1280x1024 in the BIOS...

I've contacted FSC, asking for a new video BIOS, but to no avail so far.

The i810 driver is special in that it cannot program modes by itself but defers
this to the BIOS, and this makes the whole newer Intel chips rather useless for
CRT monitors.

Perhaps the i810 driver should be demoted to "experimental" and Intel chips be
removed from the supported cards list until this issue can be resolved, to put
some pressure and put Intel's Linux commitment to the test.
        
   
   
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