linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] printk/console: Fix preferred console handling

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Message-ID: <a0f79011d08a36a449989003279b80027de82885.camel@kernel.crashing.org>
Date:   Mon, 02 Mar 2020 15:48:08 +1100
From:   Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] printk/console: Fix preferred console handling

On Fri, 2020-02-28 at 15:58 +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > > The patchset is commited in printk.git, branch
> > > for-5.7-preferred-console.
> > > 
> > 
> > Do you plan to send any of this to -stable ?
> 
> Good question. I would prefer to wait until 5.7 gets release or even
> longer. Changes in console registration order are prone to
> regressions. People then complain that they do not longer see console
> after reboot.
> 
> linux-next and rc phase has only pretty limited number of users.
> Released kernels hit much bigger user base, for example, via
> OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.

Ok. Thanks.

Cheers,
Ben.