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/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);
--
2.33.1
