Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755816AbZGJQIe (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:08:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752010AbZGJQI0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:08:26 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:34817 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752605AbZGJQIZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:08:25 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:08:09 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Robin Getz Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: Boot Consoles question... Message-ID: <20090710160809.GA22049@elte.hu> References: <200907040017.26921.rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> <200907071949.41311.rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> <20090710102857.GF5499@elte.hu> <200907101028.03153.rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200907101028.03153.rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1757 Lines: 50 * Robin Getz wrote: > On Fri 10 Jul 2009 06:28, Ingo Molnar pondered: > > > > * Robin Getz wrote: > > > > > On Sat 4 Jul 2009 12:07, Robin Getz pondered: > > > > On Sat 4 Jul 2009 06:29, Ingo Molnar pondered: > > > > > Could be changed i guess ... but is it really an issue? > > > > > > > > It is just a change from "normal" (when the kernel has no boot > > > > console). > > > > > > > > > One artifact > > > > > could be manual scroll-back - it would perhaps be nice indeed to > > > > > allow the scrollback to the top of the bootlog. > > > > > > > > Exactly. > > > > > > > > One of my thoughts (was since CON_PRINTBUFFER isn't used after > > > > register_console()) - was for the CON_BOOT's CON_PRINTBUFFER flag to > > > > control the clearing of the CON_PRINTBUFFER for the real console or > > > > not... > > > > > > > > All early_printk consoles that I looked at have their > > > > CON_PRINTBUFFER set. > > > > > > > > Which means that something like should do the trick -- allow people > > > > who want > > > > to override things to do so, and still have the today's setup work > > > > as is... > > > > > > I guess no one liked that idea? > > > > No, this means no-one objected :) > > Silence is consensus? No - silence is 'no objections expressed'. That doesnt make a change agreed on, it makes a change "not objected to so far" ;-) It could still be wrong, the onus is on you and me to make sure that isnt the case. Ingo -- 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/