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| author | Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@infradead.org> | 2007-04-20 00:33:13 +0400 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2007-05-02 04:06:00 +0400 |
| commit | 21deacabe2e2b0b823dc9593f88af3fec103a974 (patch) | |
| tree | eaab105842e2597d7581fab811afa03490cd1184 /drivers | |
| parent | d0769f552d8389cb6fe23b65b71bec7d9ba6b446 (diff) | |
| download | linux-21deacabe2e2b0b823dc9593f88af3fec103a974.tar.xz | |
x86: Don't probe for DDC on VBE1.2
[PATCH] x86: Don't probe for DDC on VBE1.2
VBE1.2 doesn't support function 15h (DDC) resulting in a 'hang' whilst
uncompressing kernel with some video cards. Make sure we check VBE version
before fiddling around with DDC.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1458
Opened: 2003-10-30 09:12 Last update: 2007-02-13 22:03
Much thanks to Tobias Hain for help in testing and investigating the bug.
Tested on;
i386, Chips & Technologies 65548 VESA VBE 1.2
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=Y
CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID=Y
Untested on x86_64.
Signed-off-by: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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