Bug 31566 - Please add generic EDID binary blobs to kernel packages
Summary: Please add generic EDID binary blobs to kernel packages
Status: NEW
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Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kernel and Drivers maintainers
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Reported: 2023-02-16 19:19 CET by Barry Jackson
Modified: 2023-02-16 21:16 CET (History)
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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
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