linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel/printk.c: Concerns about the console handover

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Message-ID: <46F3C58A.7000200@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:22:18 +0200
From:	Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>
To:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>,
	Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, Yinghai.Lu@....COM,
	bryan.wu@...log.com, dilinger@...ued.net, lethal@...ux-sh.org,
	rgetz@...ckfin.uclinux.org, vapier.adi@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/printk.c: Concerns about the console handover

Russell King wrote:
> I had an issue with the console initialisation on serial ports, which I
> discovered during my PXA work.  My reason for asking about the kernel
> versions (which Andrew forwarded to LKML) is to determine whether the
> report is as a result of those changes, or lack of those changes.
> 
> Those -mm versions with git-arm in probably have that change.  Ergo
> the importance to answer this question about kernel versions.

The problem description sounds like it could have been introduced by
that patch:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=69331af79cf29e26d1231152a172a1a10c2df511

cheers,
  Gerd
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