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Date:   Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:26:40 +0100
From:   Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/qxl: unbind vgacon
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> > +	/* unbind vgacon to make sure it doesn't touch our vga registers */
> > +	console_lock();
> > +	ret = do_take_over_console(&dummy_con, 0, MAX_NR_CONSOLES - 1, true);
> > +	console_unlock();
> 
> Still seems very late, in i915 we kick out vgacon as pretty much the first
> thing in driver load. See i915_kick_out_vgacon.

So the idea isn't completely silly ...

thanks for the pointer,
  Gerd