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author | Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de> | 2007-05-08 00:26:49 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-05-08 11:15:04 -0700 |
commit | 69331af79cf29e26d1231152a172a1a10c2df511 (patch) | |
tree | 0c6f805fc78c1969b8c46f02070cb9dc39f3f944 /arch/x86_64 | |
parent | 6ae9200f2cab7b328e505fc9a7021db64e0590cf (diff) | |
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Fixes and cleanups for earlyprintk aka boot console
The console subsystem already has an idea of a boot console, using the
CON_BOOT flag. The implementation has some flaws though. The major
problem is that presence of a boot console makes register_console() ignore
any other console devices (unless explicitly specified on the kernel
command line).
This patch fixes the console selection code to *not* consider a boot
console a full-featured one, so the first non-boot console registering will
become the default console instead. This way the unregister call for the
boot console in the register_console() function actually triggers and the
handover from the boot console to the real console device works smoothly.
Added a printk for the handover, so you know which console device the
output goes to when the boot console stops printing messages.
The disable_early_printk() call is obsolete with that patch, explicitly
disabling the early console isn't needed any more as it works automagically
with that patch.
I've walked through the tree, dropped all disable_early_printk() instances
found below arch/ and tagged the consoles with CON_BOOT if needed. The
code is tested on x86, sh (thanks to Paul) and mips (thanks to Ralf).
Changes to last version: Rediffed against -rc3, adapted to mips cleanups by
Ralf, fixed "udbg-immortal" cmd line arg on powerpc.
Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@exsuse.de>
Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86_64')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c index 92213d2..56eaa25 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c +++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c @@ -243,22 +243,12 @@ static int __init setup_early_printk(char *buf) early_console = &simnow_console; keep_early = 1; } + + if (keep_early) + early_console->flags &= ~CON_BOOT; + else + early_console->flags |= CON_BOOT; register_console(early_console); return 0; } - early_param("earlyprintk", setup_early_printk); - -void __init disable_early_printk(void) -{ - if (!early_console_initialized || !early_console) - return; - if (!keep_early) { - printk("disabling early console\n"); - unregister_console(early_console); - early_console_initialized = 0; - } else { - printk("keeping early console\n"); - } -} - |