The message printed when nomodeset is present in the kernel command line makes it look as if the parameter must never be used and it's a bad idea.
But there are valid reasons to use this parameter and the message should not imply otherwise. Change the text to be more accurate and restrained.
Suggested-by: Thomas Zimmermann tzimmermann@suse.de Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas javierm@redhat.com Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann tzimmermann@suse.de Acked-by: Jani Nikula jani.nikula@intel.com Acked-by: Pekka Paalanen pekka.paalanen@collabora.com ---
(no changes since v4)
Changes in v4: - Don't mention DRM drivers in the kernel message and instead explain that only the system framebuffer will be available.
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_nomodeset.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git drivers/gpu/drm/drm_nomodeset.c drivers/gpu/drm/drm_nomodeset.c index 287edfb18b5d..f3978d5bd3a1 100644 --- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_nomodeset.c +++ drivers/gpu/drm/drm_nomodeset.c @@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ static int __init disable_modeset(char *str) { drm_nomodeset = true;
- pr_warn("You have booted with nomodeset. This means your GPU drivers are DISABLED\n"); - pr_warn("Any video related functionality will be severely degraded, and you may not even be able to suspend the system properly\n"); - pr_warn("Unless you actually understand what nomodeset does, you should reboot without enabling it\n"); + pr_warn("Booted with the nomodeset parameter. Only the system framebuffer will be available\n");
return 1; }