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authorSumera Priyadarsini <sylphrenadin@gmail.com>2021-01-12 00:38:22 +0530
committerMelissa Wen <melissa.srw@gmail.com>2021-01-12 17:16:25 -0300
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drm/vkms: Add information about module options
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> Reviewed-by: Melissa Wen <melissa.srw@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Melissa Wen <melissa.srw@gmail.com> Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/4fbc6459377c1dcbe8e6648718453d5693f6451c.1610391685.git.sylphrenadin@gmail.com
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@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ 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.
+The VKMS driver has optional features to simulate different kinds of hardware,
+which are exposed as module options. You can use the `modinfo` command
+to see the 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