Re: [RFC] VBE DDC bios call stalls boot

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Dave Jones wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 12:08:27PM -0700, Yum Rayan wrote:
> 
>  > There is a bios call to check if read EDID is supported. My first
>  > thought was that before doing read EDID, video.S should first check to
>  > see if the hardware supports the read EDID feature. Unfortunately that
>  > bios call too ends up in the woods until I physically
>  > disconnect/reconnect my CPU video output that feeds into the KVM.
> 
> Is this how your patch looked when you tried this ?

I've discovered that checking for availability does not give any added benefit, 
but this is the correct approach and I have to agree with this patch.

Tony
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