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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/display_driver_helper')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/display_driver_helper | 53 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 51 deletions
diff --git a/tools/display_driver_helper b/tools/display_driver_helper index 255580b..78ce60a 100644 --- a/tools/display_driver_helper +++ b/tools/display_driver_helper @@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ CONFLICTS_radeon="fglrx" # See end of script for descriptions of global variables. check_driver() { local name="$1" - # modalias is optional, only needed to set MODOPTIONS for radeon - # this should not be set when not intending to load the module + # modalias is optional and currently unused local modalias="$2" MODOPTIONS= @@ -71,38 +70,6 @@ check_driver() { IS_KMS=1 # radeon KMS needs to be loaded before X server NEEDS_LOAD_NOW=1 - - # check if firmware is needed and present (random fw checked) - if [ -n "$modalias" ] && [ ! -e "/lib/firmware/radeon/R700_rlc.bin" ]; then - # no firmware, lets check if it is needed - pciid="${modalias#pci:v00001002d0000}" - pciid="${pciid%sv*}" - case "$pciid" in - # All Radeons up to PALM (see radeon_probe.c) - 31??|3E??|4???|5???|7???|68??|94??|95??|961?|971?|98??) - # The radeon driver reportedly has some issues - # when loaded without firmware - it doesn't fallback to noaccel - # nicely as it should, instead the framebuffer gets messed up. - # However, these cards are still supported by usermode modesetting, - # so just disable KMS. (Mageia bug #3466) - # TODO: actually fix the driver to not mess up framebuffer when no firmware - # is present and disable accel cleanly so that this workaround - # wouldn't be needed -Anssi - MODOPTIONS="$MODOPTIONS modeset=0" - IS_KMS= - # needs to be loaded now in order to set the module option - NEEDS_LOAD_NOW=1 - ;; - ????) - # Cards newer than PALM don't support UMS, so don't load the driver - # at all (it might still get done by X server, though). - return 1 - ;; - *) - # Modalias parse error, strange. Load normally... - ;; - esac - fi ;; nouveau) # implicitely loaded by X.org @@ -331,21 +298,6 @@ is_kms_allowed() { check_xorg $driver 0 || return 1 done - # Perform full check for KMS drivers of present hardware. - # Needed for e.g. checking if radeon firmware is present. - for modalias in $(get_hw_display_modaliases); do - for modulename in $(/sbin/modprobe -Rq "$modalias"); do - for driver in $KMS_DRIVERS; do - if [ "$driver" = "$modulename" ]; then - check_driver "$modulename" "$modalias" || return 1 - # Driver was ok but needs KMS disabled: - [ -n "$IS_KMS" ] || return 1 - break - fi - done - done - done - return 0 } @@ -469,8 +421,7 @@ DKMS_AUTOLOAD_MODULE= # "nvidia" in loaded modules list). UNSURE= -# Extra module options - used to disable radeon modesetting when no firmware -# is present and it is needed. +# Extra module options, could be set in check_driver() MODOPTIONS= case "$1" in |