linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, 2nd try] make disable_console

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:14:21 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Stefan Seyfried <seife@...e.de>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	suspend-devel List <suspend-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Frank Seidel <fseidel@...e.de>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	nigel@...el.suspend2.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH, 2nd try] make disable_console_suspend runtime configurable

On Thursday, 14 June 2007 00:23, Stefan Seyfried wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 12:08:00AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > > I hate having to recompile the kernel, just to be able to debug suspend.
> > > Remove CONFIG_DISABLE_CONSOLE_SUSPEND, replace it by a tunable in
> > > /sys/power/disable_console_suspend.
> > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Seyfried <seife@...e.de>
> > > Signed-off-by: Frank Seidel <fseidel@...e.de>
> > 
> > I wonder if there's a better name?
> 
> Suggest one.

Hmm, you could call it 'console_suspend' with
'echo disabled > /sys/power/console_suspend' for switching that off
(and analogously with 'enabled') and with 'cat /sys/power/console_suspend'
printing the current status.

Greetings,
Rafael


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