ATI X.Org Driver Gains Embedded DisplayPort

[agd5f]

Is Alex's code in support of Displayport 1.2 or just 1.1, does anyone know?

Displayport 1.1

[vwtch]

Displayport 1.2 was just announced.

Is Alex's code in support of Displayport 1.2 or just 1.1, does anyone know?

[mtippett]

eDP (embedded DisplayPort) is the replacement for LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signalling) for Laptops.

There is no connector that is user visible, it is embedded inside the unit for driving the DisplayPort panel already attached to the unit.

This is needed for newer laptops to get pixels lit up on the LCD panel.

[BlackStar]

Sounds great, but is there any particular reason this was posted in the "Open-Source NVIDIA Linux" forum?

Out of spite, I guess.

[CrystalCowboy]

Sounds great, but is there any particular reason this was posted in the "Open-Source NVIDIA Linux" forum?

[MaestroMaus]

radeon: fallback to i2c for edid if aux fails

In case of a DP->DVI adapter for example.

So what kind of beast is this DP-DVI adapter?

You read it wrong. He wrote DP -> (= arrow) DVI adapter.

This is what I think he means: if the ATI card cannot find a display port signal at it's display port it won't use it's display port by default. Users will have to edit i2C when they connected something else at the display port in order for it to work. For example, because a user connected a DP-to-DVI cable.

[agd5f]

So what kind of beast is this DP-DVI adapter? Something to plug into a graphics card's DP port, or something to plug into a monitor's DP port? Because I actually have a monitor with DP support, and it might be fun to try this out.

Something you plug into the DP port on your video card to connect a DVI monitor.

[chrisr]

Like the title said...

What are you quoting and what is its relation to eDP?

Goto xf86-video-ati git repository.

Type:
$ git log

Read log.

[droidhacker]

So what kind of beast is this DP-DVI adapter? Something to plug into a graphics card's DP port, or something to plug into a monitor's DP port? Because I actually have a monitor with DP support, and it might be fun to try this out.

What are you quoting and what is its relation to eDP?

[chrisr]

Interesting comment in the git log...

radeon: fallback to i2c for edid if aux fails

In case of a DP->DVI adapter for example.

So what kind of beast is this DP-DVI adapter? Something to plug into a graphics card's DP port, or something to plug into a monitor's DP port? Because I actually have a monitor with DP support, and it might be fun to try this out.