linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tty: serial: meson: enable console as module

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Date:   Fri, 11 Dec 2020 08:35:46 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>
Cc:     linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>,
        Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>,
        Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "moderated list:ARM/Amlogic Meson SoC support" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "open list:ARM/Amlogic Meson SoC support" 
        <linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: serial: meson: enable console as module

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 04:57:44PM -0800, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> Enable serial driver to be built as a module.  To do so, init the
> console support on driver/module load instead of using
> console_initcall().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>
> ---
> Yes, I'm well aware that having the serial console as a module makes
> devices hard to debug, so I'm not changing any default behavior.  The
> goal is just to enable building as a module for environments where
> serial debug is not available or needed.

It's a good goal, I'm all for it, thanks for the patch!

greg k-h