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@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/mga/mga_drv.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mga/mga_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mga/mga_drv.c
index 71128e6f6ae9..dc4154d39133 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mga/mga_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mga/mga_drv.c
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ static struct pci_driver mga_pci_driver = {
static int __init mga_init(void)
{
+ if (drm_firmware_drivers_only())
+ return -ENODEV;
+
driver.num_ioctls = mga_max_ioctl;
return drm_legacy_pci_init(&driver, &mga_pci_driver);
}
--
2.33.1
