The message printed when nomodeset is present in the kernel command line
makes it look as if the parameter must never be used and it's a bad idea.
But there are valid reasons to use this parameter and the message should
not imply otherwise. Change the text to be more accurate and restrained.
Suggested-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
(no changes since v1)
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_nomodeset.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git drivers/gpu/drm/drm_nomodeset.c drivers/gpu/drm/drm_nomodeset.c
index fc3acf3ab2e2..45e50b3497b8 100644
--- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_nomodeset.c
+++ drivers/gpu/drm/drm_nomodeset.c
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ static int __init disable_modeset(char *str)
{
drm_nomodeset = true;
- pr_warn("You have booted with nomodeset. This means your GPU drivers are DISABLED\n");
- pr_warn("Any video related functionality will be severely degraded, and you may not even be able to suspend the system properly\n");
- pr_warn("Unless you actually understand what nomodeset does, you should reboot without enabling it\n");
+ pr_warn("Booted with the nomodeset parameter. Graphics drivers will not be loaded\n");
return 1;
}
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