From 69331af79cf29e26d1231152a172a1a10c2df511 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerd Hoffmann Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 00:26:49 -0700 Subject: 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 The disable_early_printk() call is obsolete with that patch, explicitly disabling the early console isn't needed any more as it works automagically with that patch.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 Acked-by: Paul Mundt Acked-by: Ralf Baechle Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Alan Cox Cc: Richard Henderson Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- drivers/char/tty_io.c | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/char') diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c index 389da364e6b..730cbd209a1 100644 --- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c +++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c @@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ static DECLARE_MUTEX(allocated_ptys_lock); static int ptmx_open(struct inode *, struct file *); #endif -extern void disable_early_printk(void); - static void initialize_tty_struct(struct tty_struct *tty); static ssize_t tty_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *); @@ -3897,9 +3895,6 @@ void __init console_init(void) * set up the console device so that later boot sequences can * inform about problems etc.. */ -#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK - disable_early_printk(); -#endif call = __con_initcall_start; while (call < __con_initcall_end) { (*call)(); -- cgit v1.2.3