On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 02:05:14PM -0800, Simon Que wrote: > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Matthew Garrett <mj...@srcf.ucam.org> wrote: > > > I feel like I'm missing something here. Where's the firmware getting its > > initial value from? > > > My understanding is that normally, the firmware's VBIOS can program the > value of the PWM register. But if the firmware doesn't have the VBIOS > initialization code, it can still provide an initial value using this new > param, as part of the kernel command line. Either way, it's up to the > person writing or selecting the firmware to decide what initial value to > provide.
So the firmware doesn't set up graphics itself, it's entirely up to the kernel? What hardware is this for? -- Matthew Garrett | mj...@srcf.ucam.org _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
