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| author | Sumera Priyadarsini <sylphrenadin@gmail.com> | 2021-01-11 20:08:22 +0100 |
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| committer | Melissa Wen <melissa.srw@gmail.com> | 2021-01-12 21:16:25 +0100 |
| commit | af20724c68633f2343506f17e0308b2e07d0a71c (patch) | |
| tree | adeec18ec52b25d75e1f85dd03c274db9dd047f3 /Documentation | |
| parent | drm/vkms: Add support for writeback module (diff) | |
| download | linux-af20724c68633f2343506f17e0308b2e07d0a71c.tar.xz linux-af20724c68633f2343506f17e0308b2e07d0a71c.zip | |
drm/vkms: Add information about module options
Update vkms documentation to contain usage of `modinfo`
command and steps to load vkms with module options enabled.
Signed-off-by: Sumera Priyadarsini <sylphrenadin@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Melissa Wen <melissa.srw@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Melissa Wen <melissa.srw@gmail.com>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/4fbc6459377c1dcbe8e6648718453d5693f6451c.1610391685.git.sylphrenadin@gmail.com
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gpu/vkms.rst | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
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 |