On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 11:24:51AM -0500, Seth Forshee wrote: > This is one of the things I wasn't so sure about. There are various > checks in intel_lvds_init() that can cause it to bail out before we try > to get the EDID, and I don't fully understand all of them. If non-laptop > machines are expected to bail out before the EDID check then the > approach I've taken seems reasonable. Otherwise adding a quirk probably > is a good idea.
I know we've previously had problems with machines with phantom LVDS hardware, but I'm not sure what the current state of affairs is. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org