Re: [patch] Fixes and cleanups for earlyprintk aka boot console.

2007-03-04 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
Paul Mackerras wrote: > Gerd Hoffmann writes: > >> This patch fixes the console selection code to *not* consider a boot >> console a full-featured one, so the first non-boot console registering >> will become the default console instead. This way the unregister call >> for the boot console in the

Re: [patch] Fixes and cleanups for earlyprintk aka boot console.

2007-03-04 Thread Paul Mackerras
Gerd Hoffmann writes: > This patch fixes the console selection code to *not* consider a boot > console a full-featured one, so the first non-boot console registering > will become the default console instead. This way the unregister call > for the boot console in the register_console() function a

Re: [patch] Fixes and cleanups for earlyprintk aka boot console.

2007-03-02 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > Gerd Hoffmann wrote: >> Hmm, I think this is just a chunk being lost due to the clash with the >> older version of the patch submitted as part of the xen series. > > But I thought the old version I had posted was well and truly dropped. > Isn't this problematic patch

Re: [patch] Fixes and cleanups for earlyprintk aka boot console.

2007-03-02 Thread Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hmm, I think this is just a chunk being lost due to the clash with the > older version of the patch submitted as part of the xen series. > But I thought the old version I had posted was well and truly dropped. Isn't this problematic patch the one you posted? > Last patc

Re: [patch] Fixes and cleanups for earlyprintk aka boot console.

2007-03-02 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:35:49 +0100 Gerd Hoffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It blows up on powerpc: > drivers/built-in.o(.init.text+0x2080): In function `.console_init': > : undefined reference to `.disable_early_printk' Hmm, I think this is just a chunk being lost due

Re: [patch] Fixes and cleanups for earlyprintk aka boot console.

2007-03-01 Thread Andrew Morton
On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:35:49 +0100 Gerd Hoffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The console subsystem already has an idea of a boot console, using the > CON_BOOT flag. The implementation has some flaws though. The major > problem is that presence of a boot console makes register_console() > ignore

[patch] Fixes and cleanups for earlyprintk aka boot console.

2007-02-20 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
Hi, The console subsystem already has an idea of a boot console, using the CON_BOOT flag. The implementation has some flaws though. The major problem is that presence of a boot console makes register_console() ignore any other console devices (unless explicitly specified on the kernel command