linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] console_print: change the function api to make it have printk style interface

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.01.0908271233580.3218@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:34:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Anirban Sinha <ASinha@...gmasystems.com>
cc:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: RE: [PATCH] console_print: change the function api to make it have
 printk style interface



On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, Anirban Sinha wrote:
> 
> Since Linus has already agreed for the later, I will post a patch here
> to remove the function. I am not very certain as to what we should do
> about the only one single case of its genuine use - call from
> ia64/head.S. What I have done is one solution. Please feel free to
> debate/disagree.

Looks ok to me, but I'm not going to apply it in late -rc, since it 
doesn't really fix any bug. Feel free to re-send after 2.6.31 is out, or 
try to get it into one of the trees to be merged later.

		Linus
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