Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262714AbUKRKXg (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Nov 2004 05:23:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262712AbUKRKWg (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Nov 2004 05:22:36 -0500 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([81.187.226.98]:44551 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262714AbUKRKNl (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Nov 2004 05:13:41 -0500 Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:13:38 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Ian Pratt Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, Keir.Fraser@cl.cam.ac.uk, Christian.Limpach@cl.cam.ac.uk, alan@redhat.com Subject: Re: [patch 3] Xen core patch : runtime VT console disable Message-ID: <20041118101338.GB20859@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Ian Pratt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, Keir.Fraser@cl.cam.ac.uk, Christian.Limpach@cl.cam.ac.uk, alan@redhat.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by phoenix.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 683 Lines: 15 On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 11:51:14PM +0000, Ian Pratt wrote: > > This patch enables the VT console to be disabled at runtime even if it > is built into the kernel. arch-xen needs this to avoid trying to > initialise a VT in virtual machine that doesn't have access to the > console hardware. You should only need the conditional initialization - all the runtime checks couldn't be reached anymore if the device isn't actually registered. - 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/