14.12: apply monitor update from AndyP@ARM

Change-Id: Ib353deef59e2f6650cfc676489ab4049e9436d5a
Signed-off-by: Ryan Harkin <ryan.harkin@linaro.org>

1 files changed, 59 insertions, 54 deletions

diff --git a/members/arm/android/images/armv8-android-juno-lsk/HOWTO_releasenotes.txt b/members/arm/android/images/armv8-android-juno-lsk/HOWTO_releasenotes.txt
index e7e5d20..066eb90 100644
--- a/members/arm/android/images/armv8-android-juno-lsk/HOWTO_releasenotes.txt
+++ b/members/arm/android/images/armv8-android-juno-lsk/HOWTO_releasenotes.txt
@@ -173,10 +173,8 @@ HDMI support is not fully mature yet, and there are issues when using Juno with
 * For some display modes on some monitors, the display can periodically lose synchronisation, causing a brief picture loss each time this occurs. The ratio of display time versus blanking time varies significantly across monitors and modes.
 * On some monitors, Juno is unable to establish a working display mode.
 
-
-The following table summarises our experience with the monitors that we have used in-house. Please note that in future we will strive to increase Juno compatibility across the majority of monitors, but this means it is possible that a future patch that improves support on many monitors might actually degrade compatibility on a specific individual monitor.
-*Update:* monitor compatibility is improved considerably with the firmware from the "0.9.2":http://releases.linaro.org/14.12/members/arm/android/images/armv8-android-juno-lsk/board_recovery_image_0.9.2.zip board recovery image.
-
+The following table summarises our experience with the monitors that we have used in-house.
+ 
 <table border="1" class="jiveBorder" style="border: 1px solid #000000; width: 100%;"><tr>
 <td rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #eeeeee;padding: 2px;text-align: center;" valign="middle"><strong>Make</strong></td>
 <td rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #eeeeee;padding: 2px;text-align: center;" valign="middle"><strong>Model</strong></td>
@@ -190,93 +188,95 @@ The following table summarises our experience with the monitors that we have use
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #eeeeee;padding: 2px;text-align: center;"><strong>success rate</strong></td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #eeeeee;padding: 2px;text-align: center;"><strong>blanking occurs</strong></td>
 </tr><tr>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">LG</td><td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">LED 22M35</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">LG</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">LED 22M35</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">1920x1080 &#064; 60Hz</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">30%</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #ffd4d4;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">yes</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">70%</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">no</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">0%</td></tr>
-<tr><td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">Samsung</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">100%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #ffd4d4;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">yes [2]</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+</tr><tr>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">Samsung</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">SyncMaster S22B370</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">1920x1080 &#064; 60Hz</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">0%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #ffd4d4;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">0%</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">70%</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">no</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #ffd4d4;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">30%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #ffd4d4;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">0%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #ffd4d4;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">100%</td>
 </tr><tr>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">HP</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">L1940T</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">1280x1024 &#064; 60Hz</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">20%</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">no</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">80%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">100%</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">no</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">0%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
 </tr><tr>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">DELL</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">P1911</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">1440x900 &#064; 60Hz</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">50%</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">no</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">50%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">100%</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">no</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">0%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
 </tr><tr>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">NEC</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">EA274WMi</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">2560x1440 &#064; 52.1Hz</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">70%</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #ffd4d4;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">yes</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">30%</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">no</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">0%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">100%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #ffd4d4;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">yes [2]</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
 </tr><tr>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">NEC</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">LCD2070NX</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">1600x1200 &#064; 60Hz</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">50%</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">no</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">50%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">100%</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">no</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">0%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
 </tr><tr>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">BenQ</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">GL2460</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">1920x1080 &#064; 60Hz</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">0%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">91%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #ffd4d4;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">yes [2]</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #ffd4d4;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">0%</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">90%</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">no</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #ffd4d4;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">10%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #ffd4d4;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">9%</td>
 </tr><tr>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">BenQ</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">GL2450</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">1920x1080 &#064; 60Hz</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">0%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">100% [1]</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #ffd4d4;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">yes [2]</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">40%</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">no</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #ffd4d4;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">60%</td>
 </tr><tr>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">BenQ</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">G2200WT</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">1680x1050 &#064; 60Hz</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">80%</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">no</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">20%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">100%</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">no</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">0%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
 </tr><tr>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">BenQ</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">BL2201</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">1680x1050 &#064; 60Hz</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">80%</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">no</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">10%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">100%</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">no</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #ffd4d4;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">10%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
 </tr><tr>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">Iiyama</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">ProLite E511S</td>
@@ -290,14 +290,19 @@ The following table summarises our experience with the monitors that we have use
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">Samsung</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">SyncMaster SA850</td>
 <td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;">2560x1440 &#064; 60Hz</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">0%</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">yes</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">100%[1]</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">no</td>
-<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">0%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #ffd4d4;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">0%</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">100% [3]</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;background-color: #e0ffe0;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">no</td>
+<td style="border:1px solid black;border: 1px solid #000000;padding: 2px;text-align: center;">n/a</td>
 </tr></table>
+<br>
+
+fn1. Requires the kernel command line option:    video=DVI-D-1:1920x1080R@60
+
+fn2. No blanking occurs when invoking the kernel with a "video" command line option that includes an "R" flag.    e.g.  video=DVI-D-1:1920x1080<b>%{color:red}R%</b>@60
 
-fn1. The "Samsung SyncMaster SA850":http://www.ebuyer.com/279786-samsung-s24a850dw-24-led-lcd-dvi-monitor-ls24a850dw-en is available to buy at the time of writing and works well when using 1024x768 or half of it's native resolution, but only if the following kernel commandline is configured to force the resolution.  We recommend adding this option to get the monitor to work well:
+fn3. The "Samsung SyncMaster SA850":http://www.ebuyer.com/279786-samsung-s24a850dw-24-led-lcd-dvi-monitor-ls24a850dw-en is available to buy at the time of writing and works well when using 1024x768 or half of it's native resolution, but only if the following kernel commandline is configured to force the resolution.  We recommend adding this option to get the monitor to work well:
 
 bc. video="DVI-D-1:1280x720@60"