Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] rivafb "Badness" using fbdev.diff.gz and 2.5.5[45]

[Antonino D. <ad...@po...>]

On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 18:29, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On 21 Jan 2003, Antonino Daplas wrote:
> > The only problem right now is how do you pass the monitor info to the
> > driver?  The best way is to parse the EDID block and use I2C/DDC. 
> > Personally, I think passing the monitor info as a boot/module option is
> > the simplest and safest method.
> 
> Through sysfs? echo MY_MONITOR_LIMITS > /proc/...?
> 
> Since ioctls are considered evil these days, changing the resolution etc. could
> work in a similar way as well.
> 

True, but I prefer having the monitor limits at driver load time so I
can immediately go into a high resolution.

Tony