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SubjectRe: [PATCH 6/6] PM/FB/gxfb: add config option that allows disabling of VT switch during suspend
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:51:18 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:44:24 -0400
> Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:19:39 -0700
> > Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > It would be far preferable to do this via a kernel boot parameter rather
> > > than via a kernel rebuild.
> > >
> >
> > Well, it shouldn't be supported at _all_ unless the framebuffer driver
> > supports it; you're asking for it to be converted to something like the
> > following?
> >
> >
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_FBDEV_SUPPORTS_NOSWITCH
> > static int no_vt_switch;
> > #endif
> >
> > int pm_prepare_console(void)
> > {
> > #ifdef CONFIG_FBDEV_SUPPORTS_NOSWITCH
> > if (no_vt_switch)
> > return 0;
> > #endif
> > ...
> > }
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_FBDEV_SUPPORTS_NOSWITCH
> > module_param(no_vt_switch, int, 0);
> > MODULE_PARM_DESC(no_vt_switch, "...");
> > #endif
> >
> >
> > If so, that means extra #ifdef's sprinkled throughout the code. Note
> > that most framebuffer drivers won't be supporting this, and those that
> > do will almost certainly always want vt switching turned off..
> >
>
> I don't think you need any ifdefs or config options at all, do you? Just
> add a new module parameter to this driver and some little interface into
> the PM core which allows the driver to set no_vt_switch?
>

That's a possibility, but doesn't adding hooks into PM core for two
drivers (lxfb and gxfb) seems like overkill? I also don't really see
anyone needing to switch back and forth between VT_SWITCH and
NO_VT_SWITCH other than to work around possible bugs in the register
save/restore code..




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