Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] drm/log: Introduce a new boot logger to draw the kmsg on the screen
From: John Ogness
Date: Thu Sep 05 2024 - 11:23:24 EST
On 2024-08-01, John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2024-08-01, Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I think I can also register one console for each drm driver, which
>> will simplify drm_log even further. (currently it would mean having a
>> circular buffer and work function for each driver which is a bit too
>> much).
>
> Indeed.
>
>> Do you know if there is a chance to have write_thread() in 6.12 or
>> 6.13 ?
FYI: The full NBCON API (with write_thread()) is now available in
linux-next.
It would be great to see a version of drm_log that only implements
write_thread() and does not do any of its own buffering with workqueue
and also does not need to track multiple graphic loggers at the same
time.
John Ogness