Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262828AbUKBXVI (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2004 18:21:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262562AbUKBXVG (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2004 18:21:06 -0500 Received: from smtp-out.hotpop.com ([38.113.3.71]:51330 "EHLO smtp-out.hotpop.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262973AbUKBXTP (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2004 18:19:15 -0500 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Reply-To: adaplas@pol.net To: Mark Fortescue Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Help re Frame Buffer/Console Problems Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 07:19:04 +0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, jsimmons@infradead.org, geert@linux-m68k.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, ultralinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, wli@holomorphy.com References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200411030719.06138.adaplas@hotpop.com> X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 542 Lines: 16 On Wednesday 03 November 2004 06:57, Mark Fortescue wrote: > Will this work for a kernel Panic ? > Probably not, unless the 'Panic' tells fbcon to release the console and tells promcon to take over the console again. That in itself is problematic as fbcon cannot be safely unloaded yet. Tony - 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/