[PATCH] RFC drm: Do not leak connector_status_unknown to userspace

2012-06-18 Thread Adam Jackson
On Sat, 2012-06-09 at 00:24 +0100, Chris Wilson wrote: > A detect() probe may return 'unknown' to indicate that it was not able > to successfully determine the connector status. However, exposing this > to userspace just results in lots of confusion as it is uncertain > whether or not that is a val

Re: [PATCH] RFC drm: Do not leak connector_status_unknown to userspace

2012-06-18 Thread Adam Jackson
On Sat, 2012-06-09 at 00:24 +0100, Chris Wilson wrote: > A detect() probe may return 'unknown' to indicate that it was not able > to successfully determine the connector status. However, exposing this > to userspace just results in lots of confusion as it is uncertain > whether or not that is a val

[PATCH] RFC drm: Do not leak connector_status_unknown to userspace

2012-06-09 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 12:24:49AM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote: > A detect() probe may return 'unknown' to indicate that it was not able > to successfully determine the connector status. However, exposing this > to userspace just results in lots of confusion as it is uncertain > whether or not that i

Re: [PATCH] RFC drm: Do not leak connector_status_unknown to userspace

2012-06-09 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 12:24:49AM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote: > A detect() probe may return 'unknown' to indicate that it was not able > to successfully determine the connector status. However, exposing this > to userspace just results in lots of confusion as it is uncertain > whether or not that i

[PATCH] RFC drm: Do not leak connector_status_unknown to userspace

2012-06-09 Thread Chris Wilson
A detect() probe may return 'unknown' to indicate that it was not able to successfully determine the connector status. However, exposing this to userspace just results in lots of confusion as it is uncertain whether or not that is a valid connection. The usual result is for X to create a mode that

[PATCH] RFC drm: Do not leak connector_status_unknown to userspace

2012-06-08 Thread Chris Wilson
A detect() probe may return 'unknown' to indicate that it was not able to successfully determine the connector status. However, exposing this to userspace just results in lots of confusion as it is uncertain whether or not that is a valid connection. The usual result is for X to create a mode that