Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:41:34 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] detour TTY driver - now ttyprintk |
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On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:51:52AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > - formatting > > > > Ick, we really want to format things from userspace here? > > Depends what you are trying to do. > > Put an embedded hat on > > Do you want to be able to flip between a real debug interface and a > logging device on the same software set without risking changing behaviour
I don't understand this point.
> Do you want to load a 70K daemon and an initrd or burn about 1.5K on a > kernel interface ?
I'd rather burn 0K on the one we have today :)
Seriously, look at how Fedora 14 handles this, why can't you do the same for embedded systems all from userspace, no additional code needed anywhere.
thanks,
greg k-h
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