On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Anton Blanchard wrote:
>
> > Are you going to have early console support (ie printk from before
> > what is now console_init) done before the freeze, or should I just
> > submit our version?
>
> On ppc64 Im currently setting a console up very early in arch init code
> and using the CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK hook to disable it at console_init
> time. Works OK for me, do you guys need something on top of that?
Ugh!!! The reason I reworked the console system is because over the years
hack after hack has been added. It now has lead to this twisted monster.
Take a look at the fbdev driver codes in 2.4.X. Instead of another hack
the console system should be cleaned up with a well thought out design to
make the code base smaller and more effiencent.
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