From b22a15a5aca34c8f59b770f858b1c21d347175e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Javier Martinez Canillas Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:32:29 +0100 Subject: Documentation/admin-guide: Document nomodeset kernel parameter 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 Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann Acked-by: Jani Nikula Acked-by: Pekka Paalanen Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20211112133230.1595307-6-javierm@redhat.com --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide') diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 9725c546a0d4..eb258526d70d 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3545,6 +3545,13 @@ 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 -- cgit v1.2.3