Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | (Miquel van Smoorenburg) | Subject | 2.1.72 /dev/console fix | Date | 12 Dec 1997 22:03:50 +0100 |
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Some people noted that in 2.1.72, the new /dev/console (c 5 1) doesn't work if you don't add "console=tty0" on the kernel command line. Here's a patch to fix it. Oh and it also lets tga.c compile again.
Let me know if it doesn't work for you ..
diff -ruN linux-2.1.72.orig/drivers/char/tga.c linux-2.1.72/drivers/char/tga.c --- linux-2.1.72.orig/drivers/char/tga.c Thu Dec 4 00:21:57 1997 +++ linux-2.1.72/drivers/char/tga.c Thu Dec 11 15:27:29 1997 @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ #include <linux/bios32.h> #include <linux/pci.h> #include <linux/init.h> +#include <linux/console.h> #include <asm/io.h> #include <asm/system.h> @@ -446,14 +447,21 @@ /* * See if we have a TGA card. + * Just a placeholder at the moment, because of the strange + * way the TGA card is initialized. This has to be enabled when + * the kernel initializes PCI devices before the console. */ -__initfunc(int con_is_present()) +__initfunc(int con_is_present(void)) { +#if 0 + unsigned char pci_bus, pci_devfn; int status; status = pcibios_find_device (PCI_VENDOR_ID_DEC, PCI_DEVICE_ID_DEC_TGA, 0, &pci_bus, &pci_devfn); return (status == PCIBIOS_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND) ? 0 : 1; +#endif + return 1; } /* diff -ruN linux-2.1.72.orig/kernel/printk.c linux-2.1.72/kernel/printk.c --- linux-2.1.72.orig/kernel/printk.c Sun Dec 7 21:06:56 1997 +++ linux-2.1.72/kernel/printk.c Fri Dec 12 21:54:13 1997 @@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ * that registers here. */ if (selected_console == 0) { + if (console->index < 0) + console->index = 0; if (console->setup == NULL || console->setup(console, NULL) == 0) { console->flags |= CON_ENABLED | CON_FIRST; Mike. -- Miquel van Smoorenburg | Studying to be a technomage <*> miquels@cistron.nl | "May you live in interesting times"
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