linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 21/60] drm/mcde: Add support for the nomodeset kernel parameter

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Date:   Wed, 15 Dec 2021 02:02:43 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/60] drm/mcde: Add support for the nomodeset kernel parameter

On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 2:01 AM Javier Martinez Canillas
<javierm@...hat.com> wrote:

> 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 systewm 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@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij