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 <javi...@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmerm...@suse.de>
Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nik...@intel.com>
Acked-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paala...@collabora.com>
---
(no changes since v4)
Changes in v4:
- Don't mention the simpledrm driver and instead explain in high level
terms what the nomodeset option is about.
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 91ba391f9b32..f6434aff943d 100644
--- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3521,6 +3521,13 @@
shutdown the other cpus. Instead use the REBOOT_VECTOR
irq.
+ nomodeset Disable kernel modesetting. DRM drivers will not perform
+ display-mode changes or accelerated rendering. Only the
+ system framebuffer will be available for use if this was
+ set-up by the firmware or boot loader.
+
+ Useful as fallback, or for testing and debugging.
+
nomodule Disable module load
nopat [X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
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