Re: [3/6] Xen VMM #4: runtime disable of VT console

From: David Woodhouse
Date: Wed Dec 08 2004 - 07:43:39 EST


On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 07:30 +0000, Ian Pratt wrote:
> This patch enables the VT console to be disabled at runtime even if it
> is built into the kernel. Arch xen needs this to avoid trying to
> initialise a VT in virtual machine that doesn't have access to the
> console hardware.

Embedded machines often don't have console hardware either. Why is this
different? Should console_use_vt default to zero and be set only when we
find vt-capable hardware?

--
dwmw2

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/