linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tty: fill console_driver->driver

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Date:   Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:27:20 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Cheng Chao <cs.os.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:     jslaby@...e.com, nico@...xnic.net, textshell@...uujin.de,
        sam@...nborg.org, daniel.vetter@...ll.ch, mpatocka@...hat.com,
        ghalat@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: fill console_driver->driver_name

On Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 09:25:48AM +0800, Cheng Chao wrote:
> cat /proc/tty/drivers
> ...
> unknown              /dev/tty        4 1-63 console
> 
> ----------------------------------
> after this patch:
> 
> cat /proc/tty/drivers
> ...
> console              /dev/tty        4 1-63 console

What is going to break with this change?  It's a user visable thing, why
does it need to be changed?

thanks,

greg k-h