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-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
index 11f8dd9c0..d6c134b01 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
@@ -324,7 +324,16 @@ static int nouveau_drm_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
!vga_switcheroo_handler_flags())
return -EPROBE_DEFER;
- /* remove conflicting drivers (vesafb, efifb etc) */
+ /* We need to check that the chipset is supported before booting
+ * fbdev off the hardware, as there's no way to put it back.
+ */
+ ret = nvkm_device_pci_new(pdev, NULL, "error", true, false, 0, &device);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ nvkm_device_del(&device);
+
+ /* Remove conflicting drivers (vesafb, efifb etc). */
aper = alloc_apertures(3);
if (!aper)
return -ENOMEM;