Re: [BK PATCH] console changes 1

[Aivils S. <Aiv...@un...>]

>> > This patch fixes some of the missed handle_sysrq functions not
updated.
>> > please apply.
>>
>> Are you going to have early console support (ie printk from before
>> what is now console_init) done before the freeze, or should I just
>> submit our version?
>
>Depends on how fast Linus takes my patches. In the end vty_init will
>initialize display drivers that need a other resource that are avaliable
>latter (i.e pci handling, irqs) and the other drivers will be called by
>vt_console_init. vt_console_init can be called much earlier than now. In
>fact I will soon remove the need to call bootmem. I plan to removal all
>the console related stuff from the arch directories!!! It can be done with
>some work. I done it for the ix86 platform. The need for a dummy console
>will also go away.

If You remove dummy console, You create ruby CVS bug:
"Unable to open initial console"
The whys:
1) keyboard drivers not compiled into kernel
2) null keyboards pluged in the box.
3) null consoles compiled into kernel.

Aivils Stoss