On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 11:04:45AM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Benjamin Gaignard >> <benjamin.gaignard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > I think that what have been done by Rob with module_param is also a good idea: >> > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c?id=e90dfec78ec288d6c89a7b508a5c5d4ae8b7f934 >> > >> > Can you mix compilation flag and module param ? >> >> Hm, the point of the kconfig is to not require all the legacy baggage >> from fbdev. But I guess a module option could be added later on too. >> bochs has it too. > > I think the option would primarily be useful for testing. I've often > needed to test modesetting code without fbdev getting in the way and the > only way to currently do that is by recompiling with legacy fbdev > disabled. The option would allow an fbdev-enabled kernel to be used but > disable the fbdev code if desired. and for debugging.. when things are going wrong it's nice for the first modeset to not happen under console_lock ;-) BR, -R > Thierry > > _______________________________________________ > dri-devel mailing list > dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arm-msm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
