From: Sumera Priyadarsini <sylphrenadin@gmail.com>
To: melissa.srw@gmail.com
Cc: rodrigosiqueiramelo@gmail.com, hamohammed.sa@gmail.com,
daniel@ffwll.ch, airlied@linux.ie,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH V4 3/3] drm/vkms: Add information about module options
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 19:35:41 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <68b521bc789640a5f6437bcaa5d5960799be59c9.1610200411.git.sylphrenadin@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1610200411.git.sylphrenadin@gmail.com>
Update vkms documentation to contain usage of `modinfo`
command and steps to load vkms with module options enabled.
Signed-off-by: Sumera Priyadarsini <sylphrenadin@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/gpu/vkms.rst | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/vkms.rst b/Documentation/gpu/vkms.rst
index 9e030c74a82e..45fe02f643a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/vkms.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/vkms.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@ Now, to load the driver, use::
On running the lsmod command now, the VKMS driver will appear listed.
You can also observe the driver being loaded in the dmesg logs.
+You can use the `modinfo` command to see module options for vkms::
+
+ modinfo vkms
+
+Module options are helpful when testing, and enabling modules
+can be done while loading vkms. For example, to load vkms with cursor enabled,
+use::
+
+ sudo modprobe vkms enable_cursor=1
+
To disable the driver, use ::
sudo modprobe -r vkms
--
2.25.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-10 14:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-10 14:01 [PATCH V4 0/3] Decouple config data for configfs Sumera Priyadarsini
2021-01-10 14:03 ` [PATCH V4 1/3] drm/vkms: Add vkms_config type Sumera Priyadarsini
2021-01-10 14:05 ` [PATCH V4 2/3] drm/vkms: Add support for writeback module Sumera Priyadarsini
2021-01-10 14:05 ` Sumera Priyadarsini [this message]
2021-01-11 10:07 ` [PATCH V4 3/3] drm/vkms: Add information about module options Daniel Vetter
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