QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen).
 
           If unsure say M.
+
+config DRM_VIRTIO_GPU_KMS
+       bool "Virtio GPU driver modesetting support"
+       depends on DRM_VIRTIO_GPU
+       default y
+       help
+          Enable modesetting support for virtio GPU driver.  This can be
+          disabled in cases where only "headless" usage of the GPU is
+          required.
+
+          If unsure, say Y.
 
 DEFINE_DRM_GEM_FOPS(virtio_gpu_driver_fops);
 
 static const struct drm_driver driver = {
+       /*
+        * If KMS is disabled DRIVER_MODESET and DRIVER_ATOMIC are masked
+        * out via drm_device::driver_features:
+        */
        .driver_features = DRIVER_MODESET | DRIVER_GEM | DRIVER_RENDER | DRIVER_ATOMIC,
        .open = virtio_gpu_driver_open,
        .postclose = virtio_gpu_driver_postclose,
 
                        num_scanouts, &num_scanouts);
        vgdev->num_scanouts = min_t(uint32_t, num_scanouts,
                                    VIRTIO_GPU_MAX_SCANOUTS);
-       if (!vgdev->num_scanouts) {
-               DRM_ERROR("num_scanouts is zero\n");
-               ret = -EINVAL;
-               goto err_scanouts;
+
+       if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_VIRTIO_GPU_KMS) || !vgdev->num_scanouts) {
+               DRM_INFO("KMS disabled\n");
+               vgdev->num_scanouts = 0;
+               vgdev->has_edid = false;
+               dev->driver_features &= ~(DRIVER_MODESET | DRIVER_ATOMIC);
+       } else {
+               DRM_INFO("number of scanouts: %d\n", num_scanouts);
        }
-       DRM_INFO("number of scanouts: %d\n", num_scanouts);
 
        virtio_cread_le(vgdev->vdev, struct virtio_gpu_config,
                        num_capsets, &num_capsets);
                virtio_gpu_get_capsets(vgdev, num_capsets);
        if (vgdev->has_edid)
                virtio_gpu_cmd_get_edids(vgdev);
-       virtio_gpu_cmd_get_display_info(vgdev);
-       virtio_gpu_notify(vgdev);
-       wait_event_timeout(vgdev->resp_wq, !vgdev->display_info_pending,
-                          5 * HZ);
+       if (vgdev->num_scanouts) {
+               virtio_gpu_cmd_get_display_info(vgdev);
+               virtio_gpu_notify(vgdev);
+               wait_event_timeout(vgdev->resp_wq, !vgdev->display_info_pending,
+                                  5 * HZ);
+       }
        return 0;
 
 err_scanouts: