--- /dev/null
+From 96c5d076f0a5e2023ecdb44d8261f87641ee71e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:00:47 -0400
+Subject: drm/vmwgfx: respect 'nomodeset'
+
+From: Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com>
+
+commit 96c5d076f0a5e2023ecdb44d8261f87641ee71e0 upstream.
+
+Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com>
+Reviewed-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>.
+Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+---
+ drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c | 7 +++++++
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
++++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
+@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
+ *
+ **************************************************************************/
+ #include <linux/module.h>
++#include <linux/console.h>
+
+ #include <drm/drmP.h>
+ #include "vmwgfx_drv.h"
+@@ -1383,6 +1384,12 @@ static int vmw_probe(struct pci_dev *pde
+ static int __init vmwgfx_init(void)
+ {
+ int ret;
++
++#ifdef CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE
++ if (vgacon_text_force())
++ return -EINVAL;
++#endif
++
+ ret = drm_pci_init(&driver, &vmw_pci_driver);
+ if (ret)
+ DRM_ERROR("Failed initializing DRM.\n");