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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig | 29 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig index 978cb39a47a8..0d21402945ab 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig @@ -45,19 +45,28 @@ config DRM_I915 config DRM_I915_ALPHA_SUPPORT bool "Enable alpha quality support for new Intel hardware by default" depends on DRM_I915 - default n help - Choose this option if you have new Intel hardware and want to enable - the alpha quality i915 driver support for the hardware in this kernel - version. You can also enable the support at runtime using the module - parameter i915.alpha_support=1; this option changes the default for - that module parameter. + This option is deprecated. Use DRM_I915_FORCE_PROBE option instead. - It is recommended to upgrade to a kernel version with proper support - as soon as it is available. Generally fixes for platforms with alpha - support are not backported to older kernels. +config DRM_I915_FORCE_PROBE + string "Force probe driver for selected new Intel hardware" + depends on DRM_I915 + default "*" if DRM_I915_ALPHA_SUPPORT + help + This is the default value for the i915.force_probe module + parameter. Using the module parameter overrides this option. - If in doubt, say "N". + Force probe the driver for new Intel graphics devices that are + recognized but not properly supported by this kernel version. It is + recommended to upgrade to a kernel version with proper support as soon + as it is available. + + Use "" to disable force probe. If in doubt, use this. + + Use "<pci-id>[,<pci-id>,...]" to force probe the driver for listed + devices. For example, "4500" or "4500,4571". + + Use "*" to force probe the driver for all known devices. config DRM_I915_CAPTURE_ERROR bool "Enable capturing GPU state following a hang" |