1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_mxm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_mxm.c
index 8bccddf4eff..e5a64f0f4cb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_mxm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_mxm.c
@@ -656,7 +656,16 @@ nouveau_mxm_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 
         if (mxm_shadow(dev, mxm[0])) {
                 MXM_MSG(dev, "failed to locate valid SIS\n");
+#if 0
+                /* we should, perhaps, fall back to some kind of limited
+                 * mode here if the x86 vbios hasn't already done the
+                 * work for us (so we prevent loading with completely
+                 * whacked vbios tables).
+                 */
                 return -EINVAL;
+#else
+                return 0;
+#endif
         }
 
         MXM_MSG(dev, "MXMS Version %d.%d\n",