Comment 76 for bug 431812

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@Scott
fbcon is loaded by the -intel driver by i830_kernel_mode_enabled() in src/i830_driver.c:

    ret = drmCheckModesettingSupported(busIdString);
    if (ret) {
 if (xf86LoadKernelModule("i915"))
     ret = drmCheckModesettingSupported(busIdString);
    }
    /* Be nice to the user and load fbcon too */
    if (!ret)
 (void) xf86LoadKernelModule("fbcon");

So basically i915 and fbcon are loaded when checking for KMS.
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What I'd like to know is why something for "be nice to the user" is being hard-coded as policy in the driver?

Personally, I really like the 80x25 text console. It's snappy and fast, and is just the right size for me.

I don't like it being forced on me, and as a workaround on my system I've renamed the fbcon.ko to fbcon.ko.disabled.

May I suggest that whether or not fbcon is loaded be left up to the system admin? I hate fbcon and having it hard-force-loaded is most unkind.

This is a violation of "provide mechanism not policy".