Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264971AbUAWCvv (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:51:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265259AbUAWCvv (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:51:51 -0500 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:20186 "EHLO gate.crashing.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264971AbUAWCvv (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:51:51 -0500 Subject: Re: PATCH: Export console functions for use by Software Suspend nice display From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Daniel Jacobowitz Cc: Nigel Cunningham , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20040122203529.GB13377@nevyn.them.org> References: <1074757083.1943.37.camel@laptop-linux> <20040122082438.GV21151@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <1074796577.12771.81.camel@laptop-linux> <20040122203529.GB13377@nevyn.them.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1074826188.976.185.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:49:48 +1100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 478 Lines: 12 Also, by using write instead of blasting the low level code, you will not have to worry about locking issues. (The way you tap the low level stuff should require at least the console semaphore held, write to /dev/console don't) Ben - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/