Re: fb_console_init fix.

[Greg KH]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 09:56:56AM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> 
> If we want the fb stuff to be initialized before other drivers, we
> probably want to create an init step before devices and after PCI
> probe, but is that really necessary ?
> 
> The core fbdev should just need a subsys initcall. fbcon could use
> that too and register a notifier. Then we could use the notifier
> mecanism to notify fbcon when fbdev's are added (from
> register_framebuffer) and get rid of all of the init crap

What's wrong with the current range of init call sections?  Can't that
work for fb devices today?

thanks,

greg k-h
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