Re: [RFC PATCH 3/5] drm/i915: register LVDS connector even if we can't get a panel mode

On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 11:02:19AM -0500, Seth Forshee wrote:

Some Apple hybrid graphics machines do not have the LVDS panel connected to the integrated GPU at boot and also do not supply a VBT. The LVDS connector is not registered as a result, making it impossible to support graphics switching.

This patch changes intel_lvds_init() to register the connector even if we can't find any panel modes. This makes it necessary to always check intel_lvds->fixed_mode before use, as it could now be NULL.

This one kind of sucks. I think adding a quirk for this situation would be justifiable, rather than doing it for all devices.