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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 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?



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