[arch-general] linux 3.5 and resolution EDID problem

[Shridhar Daithankar]

On Friday 31 Aug 2012 9:13:30 AM Alexandre Ferrando wrote:
> It's an already reported bug, fix has landed in 3.6-rc3. See [ 0 ] for
> more info on the bug and patches to fix it. It will solve the display
> issue but you'll still see EDID reporting on dmesg
> 
> PS: One of the patches will fail to apply because there is now a
> comment block between two instructions on the
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_crt.c file , so you could get the patch
> edited to work with 3.5 on my github at [ 1 ] and [ 2 ] for the two
> patches you need to apply
> 
> [ 0 ] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45881
> 
> [ 1 ]
> https://github.com/alferpal/linux-zen/blob/master/0001-drm-i915-extract-con
> nector-update-from-intel_ddc_get.patch
> 
> [ 2 ]
> https://github.com/alferpal/linux-zen/blob/master/0002-drm-i915-fall-back-t
> o-bit-banging-if-GMBUS-fails-in-.patch
> 
> Hope it helps

Absolutely. I don't have a problem running 3.4.9 and good to know that the 
issue is resolved. 

Thanks :)
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Regards
 Shridhar