Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752624AbXE3AAu (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 20:00:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751151AbXE3AAm (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 20:00:42 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.181]:26306 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751174AbXE3AAl (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 20:00:41 -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=mCGdHDhzYuwZSKkNq3blQ1GKbzxsAsFUqZgdnHD/C5mWGuEsWGkrXFAPqeOdKpDPetAU7eyTdQIrthKUa3oprFKFhZHEisAOXZoUPrV3szlrroaSNYN/AJO2EPELpVHNbrCmWbZ0LUmZ5Ds2wQTKvNEOe0Y1iYbOeA2tyTSD1x8= 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, "Geert.Uytterhoeven" 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: Wed, 30 May 2007 08:00:32 +0800 Message-Id: <1180483232.10390.7.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: 1150 Lines: 31 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. > Jesse, I already implemented (and tested) selective framebuffer/console unregistration in my tree using your patch as a base. I'll send this patch to akpm soon. Geert, Is this something that you might need for ps3fb? It should address 2 of your concerns. The only thing is that you will need CONFIG_VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING=y. You can default this to 'y' in your platform, or select it. 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/