From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: VomLehn <dvomlehn@cisco.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Linux Embedded Mailing List <linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux USB Mailing List <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Wait for console to become available, v2
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:25:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874owlqcce.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090416190837.GA26734@cuplxvomd02.corp.sa.net> (VomLehn's message of "Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:08:37 -0700")
VomLehn <dvomlehn@cisco.com> writes:
>
> History
> v2 Wait for the preferred console rather than any console. Make the
> delay interval a tunable.
CONFIG tunables are usually a bad idea. What should a binary distribution
kernel set? Better make it a boot option with a reasonable default.
Also a setting to panic in this case might be useful, normally a system
without console is not very useful and needs to be rebooted anyways.
-Andi
--
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-19 8:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-16 19:08 [PATCH] Wait for console to become available, v2 VomLehn
2009-04-19 8:25 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
[not found] ` <874owlqcce.fsf-3rXA9MLqAseW/qJFnhkgxti2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2009-04-19 16:23 ` David VomLehn
2009-04-19 16:23 ` David VomLehn
[not found] ` <49EB5008.1090000-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2009-04-19 16:39 ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-19 16:39 ` Andi Kleen
[not found] ` <20090419163923.GS14687-qrUzlfsMFqo/4alezvVtWx2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
2009-04-19 23:17 ` David VomLehn
2009-04-19 23:17 ` David VomLehn
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