diff -Nurp patched/src/bios_reader/bios_reader.c working/src/bios_reader/bios_reader.c
--- patched/src/bios_reader/bios_reader.c	2008-10-16 14:06:07.000000000 -0700
+++ working/src/bios_reader/bios_reader.c	2008-10-16 14:25:07.000000000 -0700
@@ -180,6 +180,19 @@ static void dump_lvds_options(void *data
     printf("\tPFIT mode: %d\n", options->pfit_mode);
 }
 
+static void dump_lvds_ptr_data(void *data, unsigned char *base)
+{
+    struct bdb_lvds_lfp_data_ptrs *ptrs = data;
+
+    struct lvds_fp_timing *fp_timing =
+        (struct lvds_fp_timing *)(base + ptrs->ptr[panel_type].fp_timing_offset);
+
+    printf("LVDS timing pointer data:\n");
+
+    printf("\tpanel type %02i: %dx%d\n", panel_type, fp_timing->x_res,
+           fp_timing->y_res);
+}
+
 static void dump_lvds_data(void *data, unsigned char *base)
 {
     struct bdb_lvds_lfp_data *lvds_data = data;
@@ -274,6 +287,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     dump_general_definitions(find_section(bdb, BDB_GENERAL_DEFINITIONS));
     dump_lvds_options(find_section(bdb, BDB_LVDS_OPTIONS));
     dump_lvds_data(find_section(bdb, BDB_LVDS_LFP_DATA), bdb);
+    dump_lvds_ptr_data(find_section(bdb, BDB_LVDS_LFP_DATA_PTRS),
+                       (unsigned char *)bdb);
 
     return 0;
 }
diff -Nurp patched/src/i830_bios.c working/src/i830_bios.c
--- patched/src/i830_bios.c	2008-10-16 14:06:07.000000000 -0700
+++ working/src/i830_bios.c	2008-10-16 14:27:15.000000000 -0700
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ parse_panel_data(I830Ptr pI830, struct b
 {
     struct bdb_lvds_options *lvds_options;
     struct bdb_lvds_lfp_data *lvds_lfp_data;
-    struct bdb_lvds_lfp_data_entry *entry;
+    struct bdb_lvds_lfp_data_ptrs *lvds_lfp_data_ptrs;
+    int timing_offset;
     DisplayModePtr fixed_mode;
     unsigned char *timing_ptr;
 
@@ -104,12 +105,13 @@ parse_panel_data(I830Ptr pI830, struct b
     if (lvds_options->panel_type == 0xff)
 	return;
 
-    lvds_lfp_data = find_section(bdb, BDB_LVDS_LFP_DATA);
-    if (!lvds_lfp_data)
+    lvds_lfp_data_ptrs = find_section(bdb, BDB_LVDS_LFP_DATA_PTRS);
+    if (!lvds_lfp_data_ptrs)
 	return;
 
-    entry = &lvds_lfp_data->data[lvds_options->panel_type];
-    timing_ptr = (unsigned char *)&entry->dvo_timing;
+    timing_offset =
+        lvds_lfp_data_ptrs->ptr[lvds_options->panel_type].dvo_timing_offset;
+    timing_ptr = (unsigned char *)bdb + timing_offset;
 
     fixed_mode = xnfalloc(sizeof(DisplayModeRec));
     memset(fixed_mode, 0, sizeof(*fixed_mode));