tree f2215644e972ad89a93dabfd6106d4308be7d893
parent 0fb2ebfcb5f0b1916ed5ff260ec953ef616fec7c
author Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@infradead.org> 1175508852 +0200
committer Andi Kleen <andi@basil.nowhere.org> 1175508852 +0200

[PATCH] x86: Don't probe for DDC on VBE1.2

VBE1.2 doesn't support function 15h (DDC) resulting in a 'hang' whilst
uncompressing kernel with some video cards. Make sure we check VBE version
before fiddling around with DDC.

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1458

Opened: 2003-10-30 09:12 Last update: 2007-02-13 22:03

Much thanks to Tobias Hain for help in testing and investigating the bug.
Tested on;

i386, Chips & Technologies 65548 VESA VBE 1.2
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=Y
CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID=Y

Untested on x86_64.

Signed-off-by: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>