[Nouveau] [PATCH 1/7] nouveau: Check if the device supports modesetting, after opening it

[Dave Airlie]

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 18/02/13 00:47, Dave Airlie wrote:
> ...
>
>> Thats correct, the X server is not responsible for loading the kernel module.
>>
>> If the kernel module isn't loaded then there is a bug elsewhere.
>>
>> Dave.
>>
>
> Same feeling in here as well. Although that does not stop people's
> workflow habits [1]

Not supported, means not supported, won't fix.

The OS loads the kernel modules not the X server, pre-KMS things were
different, but with KMS this is how it works. So yeah totally nak on this.

(xkcd never said you should care about people's workflows).

Dave.