[PATCH 59/60] drm/xen: Add support for the nomodeset kernel parameter

Oleksandr Andrushchenko Oleksandr_Andrushchenko at epam.com
Wed Dec 15 05:58:57 UTC 2021


Hi, Javier!

On 15.12.21 03:00, Javier Martinez Canillas 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.
s/systewm system/system
>
> 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 at redhat.com>
> ---
>
>   drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.c
> index 434064c820e8..20d11ea79e0f 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.c
> @@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ static int xen_drm_drv_init(struct xen_drm_front_info *front_info)
>   	struct drm_device *drm_dev;
>   	int ret;
>   
> +	if (drm_firmware_drivers_only())
This is not yet in the upstream kernel, right?
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +
>   	DRM_INFO("Creating %s\n", xen_drm_driver.desc);
>   
>   	drm_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*drm_info), GFP_KERNEL);
With the commit message fixed:
Reviewed-by: Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko at epam.com>

Thank you,
Oleksandr


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