Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH]: EDID parser

Petr Vandrovec (VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz)
Thu, 3 Apr 2003 15:55:48 +0200


On 3 Apr 03 at 15:48, Sven Luther wrote:
>
> Ideally, the EDID reading would be done just after the user request an
> output mapping change for the first time, and then stored privately to
> each output. mode changes and such would be done after the output has
> been assigned only, and you would have the EDID by then. You could even
> reread it regularly, in case the monitor is hot swapped or something such.

Read is not enough. If you have connected one /dev/fbx to two monitors,
you must find highest common denominator for them, and use this one.
Petr

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