[AMD Official Use Only - AMD Internal Distribution Only] Reviewed-by: Kent Russell <kent.russell@xxxxxxx> > -----Original Message----- > From: amd-gfx <amd-gfx-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Alex > Deucher > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2025 5:05 PM > To: amd-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Deucher, Alexander <Alexander.Deucher@xxxxxxx> > Subject: [PATCH] drm/amdgpu: drop drm_firmware_drivers_only() > > There are a number of systems and cloud providers out there > that have nomodeset hardcoded in their kernel parameters > to block nouveau for the nvidia driver. This prevents the > amdgpu driver from loading. Unfortunately the end user cannot > easily change this. The preferred way to block modules from > loading is to use modprobe.blacklist=<driver>. That is what > providers should be using to block specific drivers. > > Drop the check to allow the driver to load even when nomodeset > is specified on the kernel command line. > > Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c | 3 --- > 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c > b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c > index 3b34fdd105937..dd86661153582 100644 > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c > @@ -3022,9 +3022,6 @@ static int __init amdgpu_init(void) > { > int r; > > - if (drm_firmware_drivers_only()) > - return -EINVAL; > - > r = amdgpu_sync_init(); > if (r) > goto error_sync; > -- > 2.48.1