[haiku-development] Re: ATI Video Driver Source Code
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:44:10 +0200 CEST
Cian Duffy <myob87@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > For the Mobility (laptop) chips where the laptop LCD display is
> > active, the
> > ATI driver uses the VESA mode list that the Boot Manager sets up.
> > This is
> > the same mode list that the VESA driver uses, and the ATI driver
> > uses mostly
> > the same code to set the mode for the Mobility chips when the LCD
> > display is
> > active.. Were you able to select 1400x1050 before the ATI driver
> > became
> > part of Haiku? That is, were you able to select 1400x1050 with the
> > VESA
> > driver?
> VESA never offered me this mode either - is there a possibility that
> the boot manager doesn't know of this resolution or the VESA BIOS
> isn't reporting it properly?
Exactly, that's why using VESA modes only is always a bit problematic
for LCD users. Unfortunately, switching the digital output mode is
often done differently than the CRT one.
Bye,
Axel.
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