Unverified Commit b22a15a5 authored Nov 12, 2021 by Javier Martinez Canillas

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 <javierm@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Acked-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@collabora.com>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20211112133230.1595307-6-javierm@redhat.com

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Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt

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		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