Re: [PATCH tty-next v1 0/2] convert 8250 to nbcon

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Thu, Sep 05, 2024 at 04:18:31PM +0206, John Ogness wrote:
> On 2024-09-05, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 05, 2024 at 03:53:17PM +0206, John Ogness wrote:
> >> The recent printk rework introduced a new type of console NBCON
> >> that will perform printing via a dedicated kthread during
> >> normal operation. For times when the kthread is not available
> >> (early boot, panic, reboot/shutdown) the NBCON console will
> >> print directly from the printk() calling context (even if from
> >> NMI).
> >> 
> >> Futher details about NBCON consoles are available here [0].
> >
> > Really?  That link calls them "NOBKL", is that the same thing?
> 
> Sorry. Yes, they are the same thing. It was renamed because NOBKL did
> not look nice.
> 
> NBCON stands for "No BKL Console".

New Brave Console :-)

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko