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 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>
---
(no changes since v1)
drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c
index c7efb43b83ee..860b2230aa08 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ static struct platform_driver * const drivers[] = {
static int sti_drm_init(void)
{
+ if (drm_firmware_drivers_only())
+ return -ENODEV;
+
return platform_register_drivers(drivers, ARRAY_SIZE(drivers));
}
module_init(sti_drm_init);
--
2.33.1
