Re: [PATCH] retrieve VBE EDID/DDC info independent of used videomode

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Mon Jul 09 2007 - 19:08:19 EST


Daniel Drake wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> The patch should be fine for 2.6.22, but for -mm, the code this patches
>> doesn't even exist with git-newsetup; nor is there a CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT
>> which could impede the production of the VESA version.
>>
>> What does your .config look like?
>
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=124339&action=view
>

User error.
Please replace user and press any key.

# CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID is not set

The user has *explicitly* disabled acquisition of EDID from the
firmware, so of course it doesn't probe for it.

-hpa
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