Re: vc: create vcs(a) devices for consoles

[Samuel Thibault]

Kay Sievers, le Sat 18 Jul 2009 18:12:20 +0200, a écrit :
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 18:01, Greg KH<greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 05:34:17PM +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:
> >> From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@xxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: vc: create vcs(a) devices for consoles
> >>
> >> The buffer for the consoles are unconditionally allocated at
> >> con_init() time, which miss the creation of the vcs(a) devices.
> >>
> >> Since 2.6.30, these devices are no longer created at open()
> >> and removed on close(), but controlled by the lifetime of the
> >> buffers.
> >
> > Is this a bug in .31-rc right now?  Should this make it into the final
> > .31 release?
> 
> Yes, and in .30.

Please also push it to stable@xxxxxxxxxx The bug makes the console
unusable e.g. for blind users using braille devices.

Samuel
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