Re: [9fans] aux/vga hsync/hblank confustion

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

> there are some vgadb entries that specify shs *smaller* than shb and the
> edid parser does the following:
>
> 	m->x = ha;
> 	m->ht = ha+hb;
> 	m->shs = ha;				<- *WHAT*
> 	m->shb = ha+hso;			<- *WHAT*
> 	m->ehb = ha+hso+hspw;		<- *WHAT*
> 	m->ehs = ha+hb;				<- *WHAT*
>
> where:
>
> ha = horizontal active
> hb = horizontal blanking
> hso = horizontal sync pulse offset (relative to start of blank)
> hspw = horisontal sync pulse width
>
> the hardcoded vesa standard modes in vesadb.c seem to use the field
> in the right way i think.
>
> interestinly, shs and ehb are rarely given in vgadb and we default
> to: shs = shb and ehs = ehb when omited, so this might explain why
> stuff works at all.
>
> so what is going on here?

this might explain some frustration i had years ago with getting timings correct.

- erik