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| author | Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.com> | 2018-06-28 18:56:03 -0300 |
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| committer | Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.com> | 2018-06-28 18:56:03 -0300 |
| commit | c981c01164d5e47b98973f92d4680df4287275c2 (patch) | |
| tree | 9f1513553c3136c8acd1a8bc9805cdd8aa16a483 /Documentation/fb | |
| parent | eab976693153b9854bfa83d131374748f6ca4280 (diff) | |
| parent | 83d83bebf40132e2d55ec58af666713cc76f9764 (diff) | |
Merge tag 'ib-fbdev-drm-v4.19-deferred-console-takeover' of https://github.com/bzolnier/linux into drm-misc-next
Immutable branch between fbdev and drm for the v4.19 merge window
(contains the deferred console takeover feature)
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.com>
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# Conflicts:
# drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
# drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_crt.c
# drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
# drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/2462549.rLSfW9kX99@amdc3058
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/fb')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt b/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt index 79c22d096bbc..d4d642e1ce9c 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt @@ -155,6 +155,13 @@ C. Boot options used by text. By default, this area will be black. The 'color' value is an integer number that depends on the framebuffer driver being used. +6. fbcon=nodefer + + If the kernel is compiled with deferred fbcon takeover support, normally + the framebuffer contents, left in place by the firmware/bootloader, will + be preserved until there actually is some text is output to the console. + This option causes fbcon to bind immediately to the fbdev device. + C. Attaching, Detaching and Unloading Before going on how to attach, detach and unload the framebuffer console, an |