drm-intel

Updated: April 19, 2023

Start the DRM Server for Intel graphics hardware

Syntax:

drm-intel   [-a ]
            [-d debug_mask]
            [-e ]
            [-f video_string]
            [-i ]
            [-l ]
            [-o option_value_pair]
            [-p ]
            [-s ]
            [-t ]
            [-v ]
            [-w firmware_path]

Runs on:

QNX Neutrino

Options:

-a
List all available options for modules (full format) and then exit. These are the options that you can use to specify the -o option of this drm-intel utility.
-d debug_mask
Enable DRM debug messages according to the value specified by debug_mask. Specify which DRM debug messages you want to enable based on the following masks:
  • 0x01: DRM_UT_CORE messages
  • 0x02: DRM_UT_DRIVER messages
  • 0x04: DRM_UT_KMS messages
  • 0x08: DRM_UT_PRIME messages
  • 0x10: DRM_UT_ATOMIC messages
  • 0x20: DRM_UT_INFO messages
  • 0x80: DRM_UT_TRACE messages
  • 0xFF: All messages
-e
Enable the linux debugfs interface.
-f video_string
Set video format as specified in video_string. This is the analog of the linux kernel option: video=[video_string]. Specify video_string by using the following format:

connector:XxY[M][R][-bpp][@refresh_rate][i][m][eDd]

where:
  • connector is the type of connection to the display (e.g., DVI-I-1, eDP-1)
  • X is width (in pixels) of the display resolution
  • Y is height (in pixels) of the display resolution
  • M is the option that you can specify to compute a CVT mode
  • R is an option that you can specify to reduce blanking
  • bpp is the number of bits per pixel to use to indicate color depth
  • refresh_rate is rate of refresh of the display
  • i is the option that you can specify to compute with interlaced (non-CVT) mode
  • m is the option that you can specify to use margins
  • e is the option that you can specify to enable output
  • D is the option that you can specify to force digital output to be enabled if the display output connector (e.g., DVI-I connector) has dual (analog/digital) interfaces
  • d is the option that you can specify to disable output
-i
Starts the DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) server for Intel graphics hardware and list the modules' options (short format) with their corresponding value. If you're specifying options with the -o option, then it must precede the -i in the command line. For example: 
 
# drm-intel -o enable_fbdev=1 -i

Linux kernel modules settings:
    dp_aux_i2c_transfer_size: 16
    dp_aux_i2c_speed_khz: 10
    debug: 0
    edid_fixup: 6
    edid_firmware: 
    poll: Y
    timestamp_precision_usec: 20
    vblankoffdelay: 5000
    assume_16bpp: 0
    restrict_dma_mask: 0
    force_coherent: 0
    restrict_iommu: 0
    force_dma_api: 0
    enable_fbdev: 1
-l
List all available options for modules (short format) and then exit. These are the options that you can use to specify the -o option of this drm-intel utility.
-o option_value_pair
Set the options that are specified in option_value_pair. Use the -a or -l options of this drm-intel utility to obtain a list of available options you can specify here. Specify option_value_pair by using the following format:

option=value

where option is from the list you retrieve from the -a or -l options and option is the value you want to set this option to. For example, you can run drm-intel with the -a option: 
# drm-intel -a
...
enable_ppgtt     int  Override PPGTT usage...
enable_hangcheck bool Periodically check GPU activity for detecting hangs...
panel_use_ssc    int  Use Spread Spectrum Clock with panels [LVDS/eDP] (default: auto from VBT)
...

then you can run drm-intel and specify some options such as the following: 

# drm-intel -o enable_ppgtt=-1 -o enable_hangcheck=0 -o panel_use_scc=1
Note: When you set the DRM_CMDLINE environment variable on your target, the options and values that you specify in DRM_CMDLINE will be used when drm-intel is invoked by screen.

Set DRM_CMDLINE to the command-line -o option. For example: 

# export DRM_CMDLINE="-o enable_ppgtt=-1 -o enable_hangcheck=0 -o panel_use_scc=1"
-p
Output messages via fprintf()
-s
Output messages via slogf()
-t
Output messages via trace_slogf()
-v
Display version information and then exit.
-w firware_path
Set the path to the firmware folder as specified by firmware_path. Otherwise, the path is /lib/firmware.

Description:

The drm-intel utility starts the DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) server. This service is required only if your platform is Intel.

If not already running, screen will start drm-intel before its initialization.

Note:

To run drm-intel as a general user rather than as root, you must:

  • be running in a system that uses a security policy
  • apply the corresponding policy rules by specifying the appropriate security type when you run drm-intel
  • start drm-intel before you start screen

Running as a general user, rather than as root, provides a more secure runtime environment. If there are any unpredictable applications on the system, they won't be able to leverage drm-intel to run undesirable code as a privileged user.

See the Security policies chapter of this guide for more information.

If you need to manually start drm-intel, then on your target do the following:

  1. Run drm-intel from a shell.
  2. Start screen.