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authorThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>2022-11-11 14:30:23 +0100
committerThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>2022-11-16 13:26:12 +0100
commit9a758d8756daab5b8fda006e131c066336b16a32 (patch)
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drm: Move nomodeset kernel parameter to drivers/video
Move the nomodeset kernel parameter to drivers/video to make it available to non-DRM drivers. Adapt the interface, but keep the DRM interface drm_firmware_drivers_only() to avoid churn within DRM. The function should later be inlined into callers. The parameter disables any DRM graphics driver that would replace a driver for firmware-provided scanout buffers. It is an option to easily fallback to basic graphics output if the hardware's native driver is broken. Moving it to a more prominent location wil make it available to fbdev as well. v2: * clarify the meaning of the nomodeset parameter (Javier) Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com> Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20221111133024.9897-2-tzimmermann@suse.de
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/video')
-rw-r--r--drivers/video/Kconfig4
-rw-r--r--drivers/video/Makefile1
-rw-r--r--drivers/video/nomodeset.c26
3 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/Kconfig b/drivers/video/Kconfig
index 0587e21abad9..6d2fde6c5d11 100644
--- a/drivers/video/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/Kconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ config APERTURE_HELPERS
Support tracking and hand-over of aperture ownership. Required
by graphics drivers for firmware-provided framebuffers.
+config VIDEO_NOMODESET
+ bool
+ default n
+
if HAS_IOMEM
config HAVE_FB_ATMEL
diff --git a/drivers/video/Makefile b/drivers/video/Makefile
index 5bb6b452cc83..a50eb528ed3c 100644
--- a/drivers/video/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/video/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
obj-$(CONFIG_APERTURE_HELPERS) += aperture.o
obj-$(CONFIG_VGASTATE) += vgastate.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_NOMODESET) += nomodeset.o
obj-$(CONFIG_HDMI) += hdmi.o
obj-$(CONFIG_VT) += console/
diff --git a/drivers/video/nomodeset.c b/drivers/video/nomodeset.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..13cc8b719697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/video/nomodeset.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#include <video/nomodeset.h>
+
+static bool video_nomodeset;
+
+bool video_firmware_drivers_only(void)
+{
+ return video_nomodeset;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(video_firmware_drivers_only);
+
+static int __init disable_modeset(char *str)
+{
+ video_nomodeset = true;
+
+ pr_warn("Booted with the nomodeset parameter. Only the system framebuffer will be available\n");
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
+/* Disable kernel modesetting */
+__setup("nomodeset", disable_modeset);