On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 07:29:32PM +0100, Christian Zietz wrote: > Hi, > > Alan Hourihane schrieb: > > > Is there a string 'DELL' or similar in the BIOS that we can use the > > function xf86ReadBIOS() to detect this buggy BIOS and skip using this > > function call in this case ? > > No, there is no reference to Dell in the BIOS. I'm not even sure if they > configure the BIOS. I just know that there is the possibility to do so > and that the faulty table is in an area where some values can be > configured by the OEM. So it doesn't need to be a bug introduced by > Dell, it's just one possible explanation. No, but currently we've only had reports of people with a Dell BIOS complain of problems.
> But I suppose that all computers made by Dell affected by this bug use > BIOS build 3066. So you could scan for "3066Intel(r)", although I don't > think this would be a good idea. Dell could release a BIOS update or > other computers from other companies with a different build number could > be affected, too. Right, so a combination of the build number and something else would nail it down furthur. > So, why not continue to use a configuration option? I don't see any > problems caused by not calling this particular function. I don't mind leaving the option in, but it's nice to be able to print out the detected monitor information for those BIOS' that actually work. Alan. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
