1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c
index 1fa47671bf57..01275e6bf638 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c
@@ -458,6 +458,15 @@ static const struct drm_display_mode drm_dmt_modes[] = {
                    DRM_MODE_FLAG_PHSYNC | DRM_MODE_FLAG_NVSYNC) },
 };
 
+/*
+ * These more or less come from the DMT spec.  The 720x400 modes are
+ * inferred from historical 80x25 practice.  The 640x480@67 and 832x624@75
+ * modes are old-school Mac modes.  The EDID spec says the 1152x864@75 mode
+ * should be 1152x870, again for the Mac, but instead we use the x864 DMT
+ * mode.
+ *
+ * The DMT modes have been fact-checked; the rest are mild guesses.
+ */
 static const struct drm_display_mode edid_est_modes[] = {
         { DRM_MODE("800x600", DRM_MODE_TYPE_DRIVER, 40000, 800, 840,
                    968, 1056, 0, 600, 601, 605, 628, 0,