linux-kernel - Re: rfc: remove early_printk from a few arches? (blackfin, m68k, mips)

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Message-ID: <1419029345.25129.16.camel@perches.com>
Date:	Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:49:05 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
	Steven Miao <realmz6@...il.com>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	linux-mips <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: rfc: remove early_printk from a few arches? (blackfin, m68k,
 mips)

On Fri, 2014-12-19 at 10:33 +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> writes:
> > The kernel/printk/early_printk() function seems
> > used only by arm/microblaze/tile/x86.
> 
> Rather than introduce more config complexity, you could try to remove
> the 7 remaining uses of early_printk().

That's the general idea actually.
Dunno if that's possible at one go though.

cheers, Joe

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