From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA60FC433EF for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2021 12:16:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D595C61352 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2021 12:16:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S239512AbhKHMS7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2021 07:18:59 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.133.124]:29442 "EHLO us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S239472AbhKHMSy (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2021 07:18:54 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1636373769; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=rYP45irqlvN4LwnhVHPJ2BU2KkkDGk/34c5IpHYqxRQ=; b=QEeNNUWYScwCmwORrmyu0VsY+UkJ6jx155UBs4PUktUPbFZ6UccZn3ULpj56G50fMJIdvW uKktApv2HfmDsflxcDSdSrfWCJXTsrHg9cNVtFlo3ZJoUXYDS9yBtbAsIRmZIQ0N3xWV/e qk7bznMdzGP5BKyCjiD9IoOzCbNRND0= Received: from mail-wr1-f70.google.com (mail-wr1-f70.google.com [209.85.221.70]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-120-sMuaRRAmOXm8Q2JVvm2aQQ-1; Mon, 08 Nov 2021 07:16:08 -0500 X-MC-Unique: sMuaRRAmOXm8Q2JVvm2aQQ-1 Received: by mail-wr1-f70.google.com with SMTP id p3-20020a056000018300b00186b195d4ddso3966425wrx.15 for ; Mon, 08 Nov 2021 04:16:08 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rYP45irqlvN4LwnhVHPJ2BU2KkkDGk/34c5IpHYqxRQ=; b=GVAtFyqhgXqzhrceBvS2zFfsxLWkFywgkusmaOyG+udxd8RgjlL1YhIR7OoT6zLIUX FxJstdR5j0/9dJBKEOlLQO2vmjnBjAMYwDjl3jzl51eMWsPrJHmvLOpTwokFaO9tP1Yq k5oLLXYzj7isKGaJx3Al9xSYvp4W49B4XD3Ol1Ul4Bz0vER/kck54dArw/UqnAvdVt+5 arvhkjdrqo1nM4x1Rds5QDX5WBgt03jQ2w8Uo73IkXqqb0eqom8aXKuh73ROqPcgmJQI 14OToSqm3R+dRFz+LiE53q2gh9SKndRgt7q2OzOiVA5cd71o7Z2q/Y4ooCB5zmvhlQFU GG7A== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532/aUKwNCR0EeB7YZ3WuN1Db1ELcaPjxB6fMxkPWRM9FnMV+miK N02IYFafzcl0uDcrj/md7SOCZabn955hK4VOQ27wj1/ccbYf4N3WzJf2+VHfL4XnFuK8Om0Ws43 2ssCzTOkUld0vE3jWjSKtT4NRwriJgClSlnWN1vGfnYRcDK8n4kMJPfoRnr+06oizuO3d6YWXRb Q= X-Received: by 2002:adf:d1e3:: with SMTP id g3mr40570922wrd.300.1636373767286; Mon, 08 Nov 2021 04:16:07 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzqmdnv8hB/1I80V7WFAMCesKfVcjz59XA/P6anCiMb+qZGLTd+pMQzzm8ZY1WF+8dDjHy4qA== X-Received: by 2002:adf:d1e3:: with SMTP id g3mr40570869wrd.300.1636373767009; Mon, 08 Nov 2021 04:16:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from minerva.home ([92.176.231.106]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q4sm16866866wrs.56.2021.11.08.04.16.05 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 08 Nov 2021 04:16:06 -0800 (PST) From: Javier Martinez Canillas To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, Jani Nikula , Peter Robinson , =?UTF-8?q?Michel=20D=C3=A4nzer?= , Thomas Zimmermann , Pekka Paalanen , Daniel Vetter , Javier Martinez Canillas Subject: [PATCH v3 5/6] Documentation/admin-guide: Document nomodeset kernel parameter Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 13:15:43 +0100 Message-Id: <20211108121544.776590-6-javierm@redhat.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.33.1 In-Reply-To: <20211108121544.776590-1-javierm@redhat.com> References: <20211108121544.776590-1-javierm@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The nomodeset kernel command line parameter is not documented. Its name is quite vague and is not intuitive what's the behaviour when it is set. Document in kernel-parameters.txt what actually happens when nomodeset is used. That way, users could know if they want to enable this option. Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas --- (no changes since v1) Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 91ba391f9b32..ed9859fd0734 100644 --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3521,6 +3521,10 @@ shutdown the other cpus. Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR irq. + nomodeset Disable kernel modesetting. DRM drivers will not be + loaded when this kernel boot parameter is used. The + simpledrm driver is the only DRM driver that loads. + nomodule Disable module load nopat [X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of -- 2.33.1