Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:27:22 +0200
From: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm>
To: "Phil Endecott" <phil_utscv_endecott@chezphil.org>
Cc: "Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
       sylvain.meyer@worldonline.fr, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] intelfb: support 945GME (as used in
 ASUS Eee 901)
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:50:45 +0100
"Phil Endecott" <phil_utscv_endecott@chezphil.org> wrote:

> The following patch adds support for Intel's 945GME graphics chip to
> the intelfb driver.  I have assumed that the 945GME is identical to the
> already-supported 945GM apart from its PCI IDs; this is based on a quick
> look at the X driver for these chips which seems to treat them
> identically.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Phil Endecott <spam_from_intelfb@chezphil.org>
> 
> ---
> 
> The 945GME is used in the ASUS Eee 901, and I coded this in the hope that 
> I'd be able to use it to get a console at the native 1024x600 resolution 
> which is not known to the BIOS.  I realised too late that the intelfb 
> driver does not support mode changing on laptops, so it won't be any 
> use for me.  But rather than throw it away I will post it here as 
> essentially "untested"; maybe someone who knows more about this driver, 
> and with more useful hardware to test on, can pick it up.
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt b/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt
> index 27a3160..dd9e944 100644
> --- a/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/fb/intelfb.txt
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ graphics devices.  These would include:
>  	Intel 915GM
>  	Intel 945G
>  	Intel 945GM
> +	Intel 945GME
>  	Intel 965G
>  	Intel 965GM
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfb.h b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfb.h
> index 3325fbd..a50bea6 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfb.h
> +++ b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfb.h
> @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
>  #endif
>  
>  /*** Version/name ***/
> -#define INTELFB_VERSION			"0.9.5"
> +#define INTELFB_VERSION			"0.9.6"
>  #define INTELFB_MODULE_NAME		"intelfb"
> -#define SUPPORTED_CHIPSETS		"830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G/915GM/945G/945GM/965G/965GM"
> +#define SUPPORTED_CHIPSETS		"830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G/915GM/945G/945GM/945GME/965G/965GM"
>  

Acked-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl>

BTW, Is it possible to shorten this list by something like "830/845/852/865/915/945/965 models G, GM and GME" or 
"830M/8x5G/8x5GM/9x5G/9x5GM/9x5GME" or maybe something else?

Regards,
Krzysztof


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