On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 03:25:37PM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote: > Educate the users why i915 won't load on gen6+ and nomodeset. > > Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61671 > Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx> Yes, much better than the agp wtf error people get currently. Reviewed-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c > index 0c86c48..9a54241 100644 > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c > @@ -1477,8 +1477,11 @@ int i915_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags) > info = (struct intel_device_info *) flags; > > /* Refuse to load on gen6+ without kms enabled. */ > - if (info->gen >= 6 && !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) > + if (info->gen >= 6 && !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) { > + DRM_INFO("Your hardware requires kernel modesetting (KMS)\n"); > + DRM_INFO("See CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS, nomodeset, and i915.modeset parameters\n"); > return -ENODEV; > + } > > dev_priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev_priv), GFP_KERNEL); > if (dev_priv == NULL) > -- > 1.7.10.4 > > _______________________________________________ > Intel-gfx mailing list > Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx -- Ville Syrjälä Intel OTC _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
