linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] Cleanups for the nomodeset kernel command line parameter logic

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Date:   Wed, 3 Nov 2021 13:37:35 +0100
From:   Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@...labora.com>,
        Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Neal Gompa <ngompa13@...il.com>,
        Michel Dänzer <michel@...nzer.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Cleanups for the nomodeset kernel command line
 parameter logic

Hi,

dri-devel is missing. Please resubmit with dri-devel in cc.

Best regards
Thomas

Am 03.11.21 um 11:48 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
> There is a lot of historical baggage on this parameter. It's defined in
> the vgacon driver as a "nomodeset" parameter, but it's handler function is
> called text_mode() that sets a variable named vgacon_text_mode_force whose
> value is queried with a function named vgacon_text_force().
> 
> All this implies that it's about forcing text mode for VGA, yet it is not
> used in neither vgacon nor other console driver. The only users for these
> are DRM drivers, that check for the vgacon_text_force() return value to
> determine whether the driver could be loaded or not.
> 
> That makes it quite confusing to read the code, because the variables and
> function names don't reflect what they actually do and also are not in the
> same subsystem as the drivers that make use of them.
> 
> This patch-set attempts to cleanup the code by moving the nomodseset param
> to the DRM subsystem and do some renaming to make their intention clearer.
> 
> There is also another aspect that could be improved, and is the fact that
> drivers are checking for the nomodeset being set as an indication if have
> to be loaded.
> 
> But there may be other reasons why this could be the case, so it is better
> to encapsulate the logic in a separate function to make clear what's about.
> 
> Patch #1 is just a trivial fix for a comment that isn't referring to the
> correct kernel parameter.
> 
> Patch #2 moves the nomodeset logic to the DRM subsystem.
> 
> Patch #3 renames the vgacon_text_force() function and accompaning logic as
> drm_modeset_disabled(), which is what this function is really about.
> 
> Patch #4 adds a drm_drv_enabled() function that could be used by drivers
> to check if could be enabled.
> 
> Patch #5 uses the drm_drv_enabled() function to check this instead of just
> checking if nomodeset has been set.
> 
> 
> Javier Martinez Canillas (5):
>    drm/i915: Fix comment about modeset parameters
>    drm: Move nomodeset kernel parameter handler to the DRM subsystem
>    drm: Rename vgacon_text_force() function to drm_modeset_disabled()
>    drm: Add a drm_drv_enabled() helper function
>    drm: Use drm_drv_enabled() instead of drm_modeset_disabled()
> 
>   drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile                |  2 ++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c |  5 ++---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_drv.c           |  3 +--
>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c               | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_nomodeset.c         | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_module.c      | 10 +++++-----
>   drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.c   |  3 +--
>   drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c   |  3 +--
>   drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.c           |  3 +--
>   drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c     |  3 +--
>   drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/bochs.c            |  3 +--
>   drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/cirrus.c           |  3 +--
>   drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/vbox_drv.c    |  5 +----
>   drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c    |  3 +--
>   drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c     |  3 +--
>   drivers/video/console/vgacon.c          | 21 --------------------
>   include/drm/drm_drv.h                   |  1 +
>   include/drm/drm_mode_config.h           |  6 ++++++
>   include/linux/console.h                 |  6 ------
>   19 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_nomodeset.c
> 

-- 
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
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