};
 
 static char *vmw_devname = "vmwgfx";
+static int enable_fbdev;
 
 static int vmw_probe(struct pci_dev *, const struct pci_device_id *);
 static void vmw_master_init(struct vmw_master *);
 static int vmwgfx_pm_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
                              void *ptr);
 
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable_fbdev, "Enable vmwgfx fbdev");
+module_param_named(enable_fbdev, enable_fbdev, int, 0600);
+
 static void vmw_print_capabilities(uint32_t capabilities)
 {
        DRM_INFO("Capabilities:\n");
 {
        int ret;
 
-       vmw_kms_save_vga(dev_priv);
-
        ret = vmw_fifo_init(dev_priv, &dev_priv->fifo);
        if (unlikely(ret != 0)) {
                DRM_ERROR("Unable to initialize FIFO.\n");
 static void vmw_release_device(struct vmw_private *dev_priv)
 {
        vmw_fifo_release(dev_priv, &dev_priv->fifo);
-       vmw_kms_restore_vga(dev_priv);
+}
+
+int vmw_3d_resource_inc(struct vmw_private *dev_priv)
+{
+       int ret = 0;
+
+       mutex_lock(&dev_priv->release_mutex);
+       if (unlikely(dev_priv->num_3d_resources++ == 0)) {
+               ret = vmw_request_device(dev_priv);
+               if (unlikely(ret != 0))
+                       --dev_priv->num_3d_resources;
+       }
+       mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->release_mutex);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 
+void vmw_3d_resource_dec(struct vmw_private *dev_priv)
+{
+       int32_t n3d;
+
+       mutex_lock(&dev_priv->release_mutex);
+       if (unlikely(--dev_priv->num_3d_resources == 0))
+               vmw_release_device(dev_priv);
+       n3d = (int32_t) dev_priv->num_3d_resources;
+       mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->release_mutex);
+
+       BUG_ON(n3d < 0);
+}
+
 static int vmw_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long chipset)
 {
        struct vmw_private *dev_priv;
        dev_priv->last_read_sequence = (uint32_t) -100;
        mutex_init(&dev_priv->hw_mutex);
        mutex_init(&dev_priv->cmdbuf_mutex);
+       mutex_init(&dev_priv->release_mutex);
        rwlock_init(&dev_priv->resource_lock);
        idr_init(&dev_priv->context_idr);
        idr_init(&dev_priv->surface_idr);
        dev_priv->vram_start = pci_resource_start(dev->pdev, 1);
        dev_priv->mmio_start = pci_resource_start(dev->pdev, 2);
 
+       dev_priv->enable_fb = enable_fbdev;
+
        mutex_lock(&dev_priv->hw_mutex);
 
        vmw_write(dev_priv, SVGA_REG_ID, SVGA_ID_2);
                        goto out_no_device;
                }
        }
-       ret = vmw_request_device(dev_priv);
-       if (unlikely(ret != 0))
-               goto out_no_device;
        vmw_kms_init(dev_priv);
        vmw_overlay_init(dev_priv);
-       vmw_fb_init(dev_priv);
+       if (dev_priv->enable_fb) {
+               ret = vmw_3d_resource_inc(dev_priv);
+               if (unlikely(ret != 0))
+                       goto out_no_fifo;
+               vmw_kms_save_vga(dev_priv);
+               vmw_fb_init(dev_priv);
+               DRM_INFO("%s", vmw_fifo_have_3d(dev_priv) ?
+                        "Detected device 3D availability.\n" :
+                        "Detected no device 3D availability.\n");
+       } else {
+               DRM_INFO("Delayed 3D detection since we're not "
+                        "running the device in SVGA mode yet.\n");
+       }
 
        dev_priv->pm_nb.notifier_call = vmwgfx_pm_notifier;
        register_pm_notifier(&dev_priv->pm_nb);
 
-       DRM_INFO("%s", vmw_fifo_have_3d(dev_priv) ? "Have 3D\n" : "No 3D\n");
-
        return 0;
 
+out_no_fifo:
+       vmw_overlay_close(dev_priv);
+       vmw_kms_close(dev_priv);
+       if (dev_priv->stealth)
+               pci_release_region(dev->pdev, 2);
+       else
+               pci_release_regions(dev->pdev);
 out_no_device:
        if (dev_priv->capabilities & SVGA_CAP_IRQMASK)
                drm_irq_uninstall(dev_priv->dev);
 
        unregister_pm_notifier(&dev_priv->pm_nb);
 
-       vmw_fb_close(dev_priv);
+       if (dev_priv->enable_fb) {
+               vmw_fb_close(dev_priv);
+               vmw_kms_restore_vga(dev_priv);
+               vmw_3d_resource_dec(dev_priv);
+       }
        vmw_kms_close(dev_priv);
        vmw_overlay_close(dev_priv);
-       vmw_release_device(dev_priv);
        if (dev_priv->stealth)
                pci_release_region(dev->pdev, 2);
        else
        struct vmw_master *vmaster = vmw_master(file_priv->master);
        int ret = 0;
 
+       if (!dev_priv->enable_fb) {
+               ret = vmw_3d_resource_inc(dev_priv);
+               if (unlikely(ret != 0))
+                       return ret;
+               vmw_kms_save_vga(dev_priv);
+               mutex_lock(&dev_priv->hw_mutex);
+               vmw_write(dev_priv, SVGA_REG_TRACES, 0);
+               mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->hw_mutex);
+       }
+
        if (active) {
                BUG_ON(active != &dev_priv->fbdev_master);
                ret = ttm_vt_lock(&active->lock, false, vmw_fp->tfile);
        return 0;
 
 out_no_active_lock:
-       vmw_release_device(dev_priv);
+       if (!dev_priv->enable_fb) {
+               mutex_lock(&dev_priv->hw_mutex);
+               vmw_write(dev_priv, SVGA_REG_TRACES, 1);
+               mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->hw_mutex);
+               vmw_kms_restore_vga(dev_priv);
+               vmw_3d_resource_dec(dev_priv);
+       }
        return ret;
 }
 
 
        ttm_lock_set_kill(&vmaster->lock, true, SIGTERM);
 
+       if (!dev_priv->enable_fb) {
+               ret = ttm_bo_evict_mm(&dev_priv->bdev, TTM_PL_VRAM);
+               if (unlikely(ret != 0))
+                       DRM_ERROR("Unable to clean VRAM on master drop.\n");
+               mutex_lock(&dev_priv->hw_mutex);
+               vmw_write(dev_priv, SVGA_REG_TRACES, 1);
+               mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->hw_mutex);
+               vmw_kms_restore_vga(dev_priv);
+               vmw_3d_resource_dec(dev_priv);
+       }
+
        dev_priv->active_master = &dev_priv->fbdev_master;
        ttm_lock_set_kill(&dev_priv->fbdev_master.lock, false, SIGTERM);
        ttm_vt_unlock(&dev_priv->fbdev_master.lock);
 
-       vmw_fb_on(dev_priv);
+       if (dev_priv->enable_fb)
+               vmw_fb_on(dev_priv);
 }