Re: [RFC PATCH 3/5] drm/i915: register LVDS connector even if wecan't get a panel mode

[Matthew Garrett]

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.

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