linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] console/fbcon: Add support for deferred console takeover

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Date:   Wed, 4 Jul 2018 01:13:27 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
To:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc:     Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] console/fbcon: Add support for deferred console
 takeover

On (06/28/18 11:03), Hans de Goede wrote:
[..]
>  
> +config FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DEFERRED_TAKEOVER
> +	bool "Framebuffer Console Deferred Takeover"
> +	depends on FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y && DUMMY_CONSOLE=y

+	default n

> +	help
> +	  If enabled this defers the framebuffer console taking over the
> +	  console from the dummy console until the first text is displayed on
> +	  the console. This is useful in combination with the "quiet" kernel
> +	  commandline option to keep the framebuffer contents initially put up
> +	  by the firmware in place, rather then replacing the contents with a
> +	  black screen as soon as fbcon loads.

Can we please default this to 'n'?

	-ss