[PATCH] for the impatient and/or desperate

[Stefan Dirsch]

Hi Jesse

Find attached a patch, which also adds support for a second 965G
device (963Q?), 965Q and 946GZ. It's completely untested and I'm
assuming all devices behave the same.

Best regards,
Stefan

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 11:03:25PM -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> Here's a patch for the 915resolution tool that adds rudimentary (and likely 
> broken) support for 965 chipsets.  It works well enough for me to get a 
> native 1920x1200 mode displayed on my fancy new Dell 2407 LCD display from 
> my brand new DG965OT board (though things are a little fuzzy).
> 
> You shouldn't need this ugly hack if you have a fairly standard display, my 
> VBIOS says it supports the following modes by default (note the lack of 
> 1920x1200 or 1280x800):
> 
> Mode 30 : 640x480, 8 bits/pixel
> Mode 32 : 800x600, 8 bits/pixel
> Mode 34 : 1024x768, 8 bits/pixel
> Mode 38 : 1280x1024, 8 bits/pixel
> Mode 3a : 1600x1200, 8 bits/pixel
> Mode 3c : 1920x1440, 8 bits/pixel
> Mode 41 : 640x480, 16 bits/pixel
> Mode 43 : 800x600, 16 bits/pixel
> Mode 45 : 1024x768, 16 bits/pixel
> Mode 49 : 1280x1024, 16 bits/pixel
> Mode 4b : 1600x1200, 16 bits/pixel
> Mode 4d : 1920x1440, 16 bits/pixel
> Mode 50 : 640x480, 32 bits/pixel
> Mode 52 : 800x600, 32 bits/pixel
> Mode 54 : 1024x768, 32 bits/pixel
> Mode 58 : 1280x1024, 32 bits/pixel
> Mode 5a : 1600x1200, 32 bits/pixel
> Mode 5c : 1920x1440, 32 bits/pixel
> 
> So if your mode is listed you probably won't need to override the BIOS mode 
> table using 915resolution and this patch.
> 
> You also shouldn't need this hack if you're willing to wait for modesetting 
> branch goodness from you friendly neighborhood 965 driver hacker (though 
> I'm not sure when the last bugs will be stamped out, thus this desperate 
> attempt).
> 
> Thanks,
> Jesse

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