If both KMS is disabled (by i915.modeset=0 or nomodeset parameters) and
UMS is disabled (by CONFIG_DRM_I915_UMS=n, the default), the user might
not be aware his setup is not supported. Inform the users (and, by
extension, the poor i915 developers having to read their dmesgs in bug
reports) why their graphics experience might be lacking.
A similar message was added on the UMS path in
commit e147accbd1
Author: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Date: Thu Oct 10 15:25:37 2013 +0300
drm/i915: tell the user KMS is required for gen6+
but it won't be reached if CONFIG_DRM_I915_UMS=n since
commit b30324adaf
Author: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Date: Wed Nov 13 22:11:25 2013 +0100
drm/i915: Deprecated UMS support
v2: Use DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER.
Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
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* For the very latest on DRI development, please see: *
* http://dri.freedesktop.org/ *
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The Direct Rendering Manager (drm) is a device-independent kernel-level
device driver that provides support for the XFree86 Direct Rendering
Infrastructure (DRI).
The DRM supports the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) in four major
ways:
1. The DRM provides synchronized access to the graphics hardware via
the use of an optimized two-tiered lock.
2. The DRM enforces the DRI security policy for access to the graphics
hardware by only allowing authenticated X11 clients access to
restricted regions of memory.
3. The DRM provides a generic DMA engine, complete with multiple
queues and the ability to detect the need for an OpenGL context
switch.
4. The DRM is extensible via the use of small device-specific modules
that rely extensively on the API exported by the DRM module.
Documentation on the DRI is available from:
http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Documentation
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=387
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/
For specific information about kernel-level support, see:
The Direct Rendering Manager, Kernel Support for the Direct Rendering
Infrastructure
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/drm_low_level.html
Hardware Locking for the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/hardware_locking_low_level.html
A Security Analysis of the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/security_low_level.html
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