How to set mode to 1080p24 for HDTV

[Alex Deucher]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Frederik Vogelsang
<frederik.vogelsang at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using an HDMI connection between my computer and my TV. For
> smooth playback of HD movies I need to set the mode of the TV to
> 1080p24. Unfortunately the radeon driver does not recognize this mode
> through the TV's EDID - only 1080p,1080p50 and 1080i are available. Is
> there a way to force 1080p24 somehow? To me it seems like the CEA EDID
> (which should contain the 24p mode) is ignored by the video driver.
>
> As always: I am using linux-git, mesa-git, libdrm-git and xf86-video-ati-git :)

IIRC, the drm edid parser in the kernel doesn't handle the CEA EDID
extension blocks at the moment.

Alex