Michael Ellerman wrote: > On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 10:23 -0700, Geoff Levand wrote: >> Michael Ellerman wrote: >> > On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 18:33 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >> >> Question: As several DVI-D displays advertise they support 1080i modes >> >> while >> >> they actually don't (cfr. the quirk database), perhaps I should drop 1080i >> >> modes completely from the ps3av_preferred_modes[] table? Usually 720p >> >> looks >> >> better than 1080i anyway. What do you think? >> > >> > Definitely. If the autodetection fails Linux is basically unusable on >> > PS3 unless you hack the kernel sources and build your own kboot and >> > otheros.bld - not entirely trivial for novice users. So it's pretty >> > important that it works 100%. >> >> It is not that bad. If a bootloader is configued to use autodetection >> so that it is shown at best video mode, then it should have advertised >> key sequences to default to known video modes, with at least a 480p 'safe' >> mode. > > Oh OK, that is a good idea. What's the "safe mode" key sequence for the > otheros.bld you provide on kernel.org?
I don't maintain that, and have no idea how it sets its video mode. Did you have trouble with it? I know in the past it used a fixed 480p mode. -Geoff _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
