Bug 31566

Summary:	Please add generic EDID binary blobs to kernel packages
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Barry Jackson <zen25000>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Kernel and Drivers maintainers <kernel>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Source RPM:	kernel - any	CVE:
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Description Barry Jackson 2023-02-16 19:19:04 CET

Description of problem:
Older monitors or projectors sometimes do not report edid correctly.[1]
If the 5 (IIRC) tiny binary blobs were generated during kernel build and packaged as /lib/firmware/edid/*.bin then it would be simple for anyone with a similar problem to mine[2] to add a kernel directive[3] to the kernel command line in /etc/default/grub to solve the issue without needing to download the kernel sources and build the blobs in the kernel source tree.

[1] https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/edid.html
[2] https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31552
[3] drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=edid/1280x1024.bin

Comment 1 Lewis Smith 2023-02-16 21:16:39 CET

Thank you for the suggestion.
Glad you sorted the other bug.
Assigning to kernel.

Assignee: bugsquad => kernel