On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:46:39 +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 any other console devices (unless explicitly specified on the
> kernel command line).
>
> 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 actually
> triggers and the handover from the boot console to the real console
> device works smoothly. Added a printk for the handover, so you know
> which console device the output goes to when the boot console stops
> printing messages.
>
> The disable_early_printk() call is obsolete with that patch, explicitly
> disabling the early console isn't needed any more as it works
> automagically with that patch.
>
> I've walked through the tree, dropped all disable_early_printk()
> instances found below arch/ and tagged the consoles with CON_BOOT if
> needed. The code is tested on x86, sh (thanks to Paul) and mips
> (thanks to Ralf).
>
> Changes to last version: Rediffed against -rc3, adapted to mips
> cleanups by Ralf, fixed "udbg-immortal" cmd line arg on powerpc.
I get this, across netconsole:
[17179569.184000] console handover: boot [earlyvga_f_0] -> real [tty0]
wanna take a look at why there's cruft in bootconsole->name please?
in grub.conf I have
kernel /boot/bzImage-2.6.21-rc7-mm1 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb vga=0x263 [email protected]/eth0,[email protected]/00:0D:56:C6:C6:CC profile=1 earlyprintk=vga resume=8:5 time
and I'm using
http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/config-sony.txt
Thanks.
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