On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 14:43 -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote: > On Thursday, May 17, 2007, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > 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. > > Btw, here's an updated console unregister patchset with signoff in the > off chance you like it right away. :) > > When rmmod'd, some drivers might like to unregister the console they have > registered (e.g. the fbcon driver), so export unbind_con_driver. It > properly cleans up console references and takes care of switching to > one of the other registered drivers as needed. >
I'm working on something that will need these functions (unbind/bind_con_driver) to be exposed, so I'm fine with this. Tony - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
