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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:43:05 -0700 From: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org> To: Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com> Cc: linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.sf.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt/console: try harder to print output when panicing On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:12:59 +1000 Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com> wrote: > From: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org> > > Jesse's initial patch commit said: > > "At panic time (i.e. when oops_in_progress is set) we should try a bit > harder to update the screen and make sure output gets to the VT, since > some drivers are capable of flipping back to it. > > So make sure we try to unblank and update the display if called from a > panic context." > > I've enhanced this to add a flag to the vc that console layer can set > to indicate they want this behaviour to occur. This also adds support > to fbcon for that flag and adds an fb flag for drivers to indicate > they want to use the support. It enables this for KMS drivers. > > Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com> > --- Yeah this looks a little nicer, thanks. Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org> -- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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