Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760290AbXEQXX0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 May 2007 19:23:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755807AbXEQXXT (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 May 2007 19:23:19 -0400 Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.231]:22406 "EHLO nz-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755413AbXEQXXS (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 May 2007 19:23:18 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=aWpiC6CyRyZavUfqJpiTI/CqGGdTcM3aKBV0vZ6JwIHjUiYYIDcwbJ/J9D3GwrX70vH6Zloe+W/kx1TpPa3CrY4oyKG8W5LVFBxMgVuBkQSm0gHe5FniM2wbzdMeBtqwckT7TtH9/5Ur6rv45K4NU/fOOZycfcZsswhXUEYCcx8= Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] allow console unregistration From: "Antonino A. Daplas" To: Jesse Barnes Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, James Simmons , Dave Airlie , Jakob Bornecrantz , dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <200705171532.28799.jesse.barnes@intel.com> References: <200705171423.46748.jesse.barnes@intel.com> <200705171532.28799.jesse.barnes@intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 07:23:10 +0800 Message-Id: <1179444190.5092.4.camel@daplas> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 987 Lines: 23 On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 15:32 -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote: > Randy just informed me that the patch limits are bigger now, so here are the > actual patches. > > This patch allows for proper console unregistration via the VT layer, and > updates the FB layer to use it. This makes debugging new console drivers > much easier, since you can properly clean them up before unloading. > Antonio already checked it out (and suggested a tweak for the fbcon side) > so I think it's on its way already via the FB tree. Sorry, I was busy and got sidetracked so I wasn't able to work on this for 2 weeks. Yes, this should work for now, at least for debugging purposes. I'll work on refining on fbcon side, hopefully for 2.6.22-2.6.23 time frame. 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/