From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org,
Keir.Fraser@cl.cam.ac.uk, Christian.Limpach@cl.cam.ac.uk,
alan@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [patch 3] Xen core patch : runtime VT console disable
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:13:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041118101338.GB20859@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1CUZZz-00055l-00@mta1.cl.cam.ac.uk>
On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 11:51:14PM +0000, Ian Pratt wrote:
>
> This patch enables the VT console to be disabled at runtime even if it
> is built into the kernel. arch-xen needs this to avoid trying to
> initialise a VT in virtual machine that doesn't have access to the
> console hardware.
You should only need the conditional initialization - all the runtime
checks couldn't be reached anymore if the device isn't actually registered.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-18 10:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-17 23:51 Ian Pratt
2004-11-18 2:56 ` Andrew Morton
2004-11-18 9:59 ` Gerd Knorr
2004-11-18 10:09 ` Ian Pratt
2004-11-18 10:13 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
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