Re: [PATCH] move MAX_NR_CONSOLES from tty.h to vt.h

Jon Smirl wrote:
> MAX_NR_CONSOLES is more of a function of the VT layer than the TTY
> one. Moving this to vt.h allows all of the framebuffer drivers to
> remove their dependency on tty.h. Note that console drivers in
> video/console still depend on tty.h but fbdev drivers should not
> depend on the tty layer.

In fact, none of the VT console drivers should have any dependency
on tty.h, only vt.c should.

I think, the only thing needed by fbcon (and all other drivers in
drivers/video/console) in tty.h is fg_console. We can move that
to vt_kern.h instead.

Tony 
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