Apple M9179LL/A 30" Widescreen LCD with rv280

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 09:21 -0500, Alex Deucher wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:07:58 +0100, Esben Stien <b0ef at esben-stien.name> wrote:
> > I'm planning on getting the M9179LL/A; it's a Apple 30" Widescreen
> > LCD, http://www.apple.com/displays/ - probably Samsung or Viewsonic
> > OEM. If anyone knows please tell.
> > 
> > I intend to run this with a rv280 gpu, Radeon 9250 on GNU/Linux. This
> > card features a single link DVI which is not sufficient to run the LCD
> > in native resolution, 2560x1600. I will run in 1280x800/1920x1200
> > until a card is out that is supported with libre software. I have seen
> > this monitor operate at 1280x800/1920x1200 and it's blurryness is
> > acceptable for a short term solution.
> > 
> 
> some of the newer ati r3/4xx cards have a dual-link tmds transmitter
> connected to the DVO port (the firegl v5000 or v5100 come to mind,
> perhaps some oems as well).  The driver should already support the
> external tmds transmitter, however, it may need some hacks to
> initialize it correctly in duallink mode.  If you had such a card, I
> can probably help you get dual-link mode up and running.

Do you know how to talk to the external transmitter at all ?

Ben.