Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761475AbZDSQgZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:36:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754529AbZDSQgM (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:36:12 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:41921 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754267AbZDSQgL (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:36:11 -0400 Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:39:23 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: David VomLehn Cc: Andi Kleen , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , Linux Embedded Mailing List , Linux USB Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] Wait for console to become available, v2 Message-ID: <20090419163923.GS14687@one.firstfloor.org> References: <20090416190837.GA26734@cuplxvomd02.corp.sa.net> <874owlqcce.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <49EB5008.1090000@cisco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49EB5008.1090000@cisco.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1239 Lines: 34 On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 09:23:36AM -0700, David VomLehn wrote: > Andi Kleen wrote: > >VomLehn writes: > >>History > >>v2 Wait for the preferred console rather than any console. Make the > >> delay interval a tunable. > > > >CONFIG tunables are usually a bad idea. What should a binary distribution > >kernel set? Better make it a boot option with a reasonable default. > > Your point about boot options is well taken; I released a more recent > version of this patch with boot options last Friday and would appreciate > your comments. Ah missed that sorry. > > >Also a setting to panic in this case might be useful, normally a system > >without console is not very useful and needs to be rebooted anyways. > > Umm, those of us in the embedded space have the, perhaps misguided, > notion that our systems are quite useful without consoles... That seems more like a special case that shouldn't be default? -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only. -- 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/