Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754953Ab0DESPn (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Apr 2010 14:15:43 -0400 Received: from imr2.ericy.com ([198.24.6.3]:32813 "EHLO imr2.ericy.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751732Ab0DESPh (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Apr 2010 14:15:37 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH][RESEND] x86: Do not write to VGA memory space if CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE is undefined From: Guenter Roeck Reply-To: To: CC: , , , , In-Reply-To: <84144f021003310832i3420e4c1g7396b4d1f311f393@mail.gmail.com> References: <1270046479-4486-1-git-send-email-guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> <84144f021003310832i3420e4c1g7396b4d1f311f393@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Ericsson Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 11:10:29 -0700 Message-ID: <1270491029.1477.453.camel@groeck-laptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 999 Lines: 28 On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 11:32 -0400, Pekka Enberg wrote: > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Guenter Roeck > wrote: > > Current early_printk code writes into VGA memory space even > > if CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE is undefined. This can cause problems > > if there is no VGA device in the system, especially if the memory > > is used by another device. > > > > Fix problem by redirecting output to early_serial_console > > if CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE is undefined. > > > > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck > > Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg > What will it take to get this patch into the tree ? If there are coding style issues or some other unresolved concerns, please let me know. Guenter -- 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/