[PATCH] xfree86: Bump classic driver default to 1024x768

[Alex Deucher]

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Luc Verhaegen <libv at skynet.be> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 08:32:18PM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 09:29:44PM +0100, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
>> >
>> > And just how certain are you that 1024x768 is going to help all those
>> > cases with missing EDID compared to 800x600?
>>
>> Because the common case for missing EDID is a device capable of at least
>> 1024x768.
>
> Which will then also happily support 800x600.
>
> There are fishbowls who only do 800x600, and there are tons of
> projectors which will only do 800x600, maybe some of those tiny ones
> even do 640x480.
>
> Really, fishbowl, before i start filing patches for 640x480 baseline for
> kms.

Perhaps this is why certain vendors don't want to work with Xorg.  We
target 1990 hardware to the detriment of modern desktops.

Alex