[PATCH RESEND v4 v5 2/4] drm/vc4: Support nomodeset

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 15.12.21 um 10:51 schrieb Maxime Ripard:
> If we have nomodeset on the kernel command line we should have the
> firmware framebuffer driver kept as is and not try to load the
> full-blown KMS driver.
> 
> In this case, let's just register the v3d driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime at cerno.tech>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c
> index 16abc3a3d601..d3cae84a4c4e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c
> @@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ static int __init vc4_drm_register(void)
>   {
>   	int ret;
>   
> +	if (drm_firmware_drivers_only())
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +

Just now that you've updated it, Lucas Stach had a similar concern about 
etnaviv, which doesn't do modesetting either. So we probably want to 
discuss what to do about drivers that have no modesetting separately.

If you want to land the patch, for either version of the code, with or 
without vc3:

Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>

Best regard
Thomas

>   	ret = platform_register_drivers(component_drivers,
>   					ARRAY_SIZE(component_drivers));
>   	if (ret)
> 

-- 
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
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