Re: Boot logo patch

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Sun, 13 Sep 1998 02:25:21 +0200 (CEST)

On Sat, 12 Sep 1998, Red Hat Linux User wrote:
> Based on Linus' last posting about init_memfreed and module, attached
> patch makes the boot logo reappear. It takes advantage of "MODULE"
> being defined at compile time for a module, otherwise not.
> Works here, don't know if there are any other bad effects, use at own
> risk.

This is _not_ a safe patch. fbcon_init() may be called after the __init section
was freed.

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium




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