According to disable Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt, this parameter can be used to disable kernel modesetting.
DRM drivers will not perform display-mode changes or accelerated rendering and only the systewm system framebuffer will be available if it was set-up.
But only a few DRM drivers currently check for nomodeset, make this driver to also support the command line parameter.
Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas javierm@redhat.com ---
drivers/gpu/drm/via/via_drv.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/via/via_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/via/via_drv.c index 5da38082821f..57d63514f812 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/via/via_drv.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/via/via_drv.c @@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ static struct pci_driver via_pci_driver = {
static int __init via_init(void) { + if (drm_firmware_drivers_only()) + return -ENODEV; + driver.num_ioctls = via_max_ioctl; via_init_command_verifier(); return drm_legacy_pci_init(&driver, &via_pci_driver);