Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:43:05 -0700 | | From | Jesse Barnes <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] vt/console: try harder to print output when panicing |
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On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:12:59 +1000 Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> > > Jesse's initial patch commit said: > > "At panic time (i.e. when oops_in_progress is set) we should try a bit > harder to update the screen and make sure output gets to the VT, since > some drivers are capable of flipping back to it. > > So make sure we try to unblank and update the display if called from a > panic context." > > I've enhanced this to add a flag to the vc that console layer can set > to indicate they want this behaviour to occur. This also adds support > to fbcon for that flag and adds an fb flag for drivers to indicate > they want to use the support. It enables this for KMS drivers. > > Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com> > ---
Yeah this looks a little nicer, thanks.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
-- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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