Hi I thought I'd give it a try and help you out, and mine has a LVDS bridge too
Rune Petersen > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 06:58:01 +0100 > From: Thomas Winischhofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Xpert]Re: SiS630 - the neverending story > > > Now that it's Monday and you all read list mail again: > > I fixed the sisfb driver for use with LVDS video (LCD) bridges including > the CHROMTEL 7005 TV converter. A lot of laptops using the SiS630 do not > use the SiS301 but this one instead. > > The driver has only one problem: It doesn't know about timings, refresh > rates and other data specific for various LCD panels and TV connectors. > Instead, the current code contains empty tables for this. I inserted > data read out from the BIOS to make it run on my machine. This is, of > course, no solution. (I have only one machine with one 1024x768 LCD > panel, so I can't ever find out all combinations for other, larger or > smaller panels.) > > I will release a (quite huge) patch on the kernel list within the next > few days where I will also change the driver to use the BIOS data (like > the X driver does). Otherwise it will never work with bidges other than > the SiS301. > > By the way: I had to implement about 200 changes into the code because > somebody tried to implement support for SiS301B and 302 bridges, and > broke LVDS instead. This code that this somebody wrote could by no means > ever have worked on _any_ machine with a bridge other than SiS301 > because of major programming glitches (using pointers and arrays doesn't > seem to be that simple :) ). > > Have patience, > > Thomas > > PS: In the meantime I kindly ask you to test the driver published > yesterday (available on my homepage, link below, follow link "Linux on > Gericom..." and scroll down). Please check the log for what video bridge > the driver detects and report your results. I am waiting impatiently. > > On my machine (SiS630 rev 31, LVDS+CHROMTEL bridge) the driver works > perfectly, as long as I keep the TurboQueue disabled. I used it the last > two days (day = 18 hours) and stress-tested it. Absolutely no problems > here. > > -- > Thomas Winischhofer > Vienna/Austria > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *** http://www.webit.com/tw
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