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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig | 17 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig index beed5c1d2cd7..5ddde7349fbd 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig @@ -36,15 +36,20 @@ config DRM_I915 If "M" is selected, the module will be called i915. -config DRM_I915_PRELIMINARY_HW_SUPPORT - bool "Enable preliminary support for prerelease Intel hardware by default" +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 prerelease Intel hardware and want the - i915 driver to support it by default. You can enable such support at - runtime with the module option i915.preliminary_hw_support=1; this - option changes the default for that module option. + 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. + + 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. If in doubt, say "N". |