[PATCH V5 3/3] drm/vkms: Add information about module options

Sumera Priyadarsini sylphrenadin at gmail.com
Mon Jan 11 19:08:22 UTC 2021


Update vkms documentation to contain usage of `modinfo`
command and steps to load vkms with module options enabled.

Signed-off-by: Sumera Priyadarsini <sylphrenadin at gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/gpu/vkms.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/vkms.rst b/Documentation/gpu/vkms.rst
index 9e030c74a82e..2c9b376da5ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/vkms.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/vkms.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ Now, to load the driver, use::
 On running the lsmod command now, the VKMS driver will appear listed.
 You can also observe the driver being loaded in the dmesg logs.
 
+The VKMS driver has optional features to simulate different kinds of hardware,
+which are exposed as module options. You can use the `modinfo` command
+to see the module options for vkms::
+
+  modinfo vkms
+
+Module options are helpful when testing, and enabling modules
+can be done while loading vkms. For example, to load vkms with cursor enabled,
+use::
+
+  sudo modprobe vkms enable_cursor=1
+
 To disable the driver, use ::
 
   sudo modprobe -r vkms
-- 
2.25.1



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