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/armada/armada_drv.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_drv.c index 8e3e98f13db4..4f9b0a9f13e3 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_drv.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_drv.c @@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ static int __init armada_drm_init(void) { int ret;
+ if (drm_firmware_drivers_only()) + return -ENODEV; + ret = platform_driver_register(&armada_lcd_platform_driver); if (ret) return ret;