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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>,
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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
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