From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Kevin Hilman <khilman@baylibre.com>
Cc: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@baylibre.com>,
Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com>,
open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-serial@vger.kernel.org,
"open list:ARM/Amlogic Meson SoC support"
<linux-amlogic@lists.infradead.org>,
Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>,
"moderated list:ARM/Amlogic Meson SoC support"
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@baylibre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: serial: meson: enable console as module
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 08:35:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <X9MhUoLt3O12nA5R@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201211005744.12855-1-khilman@baylibre.com>
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 04:57:44PM -0800, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> Enable serial driver to be built as a module. To do so, init the
> console support on driver/module load instead of using
> console_initcall().
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@baylibre.com>
> ---
> Yes, I'm well aware that having the serial console as a module makes
> devices hard to debug, so I'm not changing any default behavior. The
> goal is just to enable building as a module for environments where
> serial debug is not available or needed.
It's a good goal, I'm all for it, thanks for the patch!
greg k-h
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