Re: [PATCH] Wait for console to become available, v2

[Andi Kleen]

VomLehn <dvomlehn@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> History
> v2	Wait for the preferred console rather than any console. Make the
> 	delay interval a tunable.

CONFIG tunables are usually a bad idea. What should a binary distribution
kernel set? Better make it a boot option with a reasonable default.

Also a setting to panic in this case might be useful, normally a system
without console is not very useful and needs to be rebooted anyways.

-Andi

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