[haiku-commits] Re: r41411 - in haiku/trunk: build/jam headers/private/graphics/radeon_hd src/add-ons/accelerants/radeon_hd src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/graphics/radeon_hd

Alex von Gluck<kallisti5@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The Radeon HD cards seem to inject the preferred mode lines of
> the active monitor into their VESA EDID (the vesa driver doesn't
> pick it up because it compares the found monitor timings to the VESA
> acceptable ones)

That's just how EDID works, and it's actually the monitor which reports it -- 
that's exactly what it was made for :-)
VESA doesn't support arbitrary mode lines which is why EDID doesn't always help 
in choosing the right correct resolution.

> The driver still doesn't change the actual resolution on the card
> properly just yet, but things are getting *much* closer.

Feels good, doesn't it? :-)

Bye,
   Axel.

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