nvidia-drm.modeset=1 OR nvidia_drm.modeset=1

[newk0001]

The README.md file says this parameter should be nvidia-drm.modeset=1. However, I've seen at least one other place that says it should be nvidia_drm.modeset=1 (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA) under section 1.3 DRM kernel modesetting. It states, "To enable DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) kernel mode setting, add the nvidia_drm.modeset=1 kernel parameter." So, my issue is, which is it supposed to be; nvidia-drm.modeset=1 OR nvidia_drm.modeset=1?

[elFarto]

I have nvidia-drm.modeset=1 set, and it's working for me. Kernel parameters for loaded modules should have the module name first, and the nvidia modules contain - not _. It's possible the kernel is doing some fuzzy matching on the module name. Interestingly the NVIDIA documentation also mentions nvidia_drm as the module name, so that's likely where the confusion comes from.

[birdie-github]

You should use a dash but an underscore could probably work as well.

[newk0001]

@elFarto and @birdie-github Okay, thank you both for the clarification. I have tried with both variants of the kernel parameter and it does seem to work both ways (Whether you use a - or an _ in the module name for the kernel parameter). I have proposed an edit to the corresponding ArchWiki page that the documentation be changed to omit the portion about setting the kernel parameter to nvidia_drm.modeset=1 and updating it to the correct kernel parameter of nvidia-drm.modeset=1. Thank you both for your time and your responses, I appreciate it. Have a great day.

[Golfkornphisit]

sudo cat /sys/module/nvidia_drm/parameters/modeset

Y OR N