linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH next v1 1/2] serial: 8250: Switch to nbcon console

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Message-ID: <ZtoG74hR2_bLI4w1@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 22:30:55 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
	Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
	Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>,
	Rengarajan S <rengarajan.s@...rochip.com>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH next v1 1/2] serial: 8250: Switch to nbcon console

On Thu, Sep 05, 2024 at 09:29:06PM +0206, John Ogness wrote:
> On 2024-09-05, Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 05, 2024 at 03:53:18PM +0206, John Ogness wrote:

...

> >> +#ifdef USE_SERIAL_8250_LEGACY_CONSOLE
> >
> > Can it be done at run-time (theoretically or even practically)?
> > (Note that we have already knob to disable / enable consoles.)
> 
> We don't want to maintain the legacy variant and really people should
> not be using it either. NBCON is the way forward for all console
> drivers.
> 
> I will just remove it for v2. If someone wants to use the old code, they
> will need to revert the patch.

This is even better!

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko