linux-kernel - Re: [BUG?] 2.6.23-rc3 on alpha

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Date:	Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:06:54 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Bob Tracy <rct@...rkin.frus.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG?] 2.6.23-rc3 on alpha

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, Bob Tracy wrote:
> I'm seeing something new and strange with 2.6.23-rc3 that I wasn't
> seeing in the 2.6.22+ kernels.  I've got the bootlogo code enabled,
> and at the point during system initialization where the logo
> disappears, the console switches from tty1 to tty2.  I can switch
> back to tty1, so other than the unexpected console tty switch, there
> doesn't seem to be anything "unfortunate" happening.
> 
> Any ideas/explanations?  It's completely repeatable.  I don't think
> it's related to the "aboot" patches :-).

The kernel doesn't make the logo disappear, the boot scripts (in
userspace) do that. So I guess they also switch the console from tty1 to
tty2.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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