[PATCH] drm/i915: make prelim hw msg in log a bit more harsh

Rob Clark robdclark at gmail.com
Thu Sep 17 14:29:16 PDT 2015


Apparently some people see this message and try to turn on
preliminary_hw_support.  And then for some reason are surprised
when it doesn't work.  So let's set expectations a bit lower.

Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robdclark at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 8edcec8..5e87fe1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -926,7 +926,8 @@ static int i915_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 
 	if (IS_PRELIMINARY_HW(intel_info) && !i915.preliminary_hw_support) {
 		DRM_INFO("This hardware requires preliminary hardware support.\n"
-			 "See CONFIG_DRM_I915_PRELIMINARY_HW_SUPPORT, and/or modparam preliminary_hw_support\n");
+			 "See CONFIG_DRM_I915_PRELIMINARY_HW_SUPPORT, and/or modparam preliminary_hw_support.\n"
+			 "Note that preliminary hw support is unsupported, use at your own risk!\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-- 
2.4.3



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