From: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
To: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>,
Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@suse.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] printk: Do not set Braille console as preferred_console
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:03:01 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aZcmJaG1cKPWTIOU@chrisdown.name> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260206165002.496724-7-pmladek@suse.com>
Petr Mladek writes:
>The Braille console reuses the framework for handling consoles preferred
>via the command line. However, it is a special-purpose interface that
>neither receives standard printk messages nor associates with
>/dev/console.
>
>Currently, the "preferred_dev_console" variable can point to a Braille
>console entry in the "preferred_consoles[]" array. This occurs if an
>entry was first created for a non-Braille console, but a later 'console='
>parameter redefined it as a Braille console.
>
>Since a Braille console will only ever be enabled as such, it should not
>be tracked as the primary system console. Adjust the logic to ensure
>"preferred_dev_console" continues to point to the previously designated
>normal console instead.
>
>Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Looks good to me, after fixing John's comment about resetting
preferred_dev_console_prev, please feel free to add:
Acked-by: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-19 15:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-06 16:49 [PATCH 0/8] printk: Clean up preferred console handling Petr Mladek
2026-02-06 16:49 ` [PATCH 1/8] printk: Rename struct console_cmdline to preferred_console Petr Mladek
2026-02-19 14:40 ` Chris Down
2026-02-19 18:34 ` Marcos Paulo de Souza
2026-02-06 16:49 ` [PATCH 2/8] printk: Rename preferred_console to preferred_dev_console Petr Mladek
2026-02-19 14:41 ` Chris Down
2026-02-19 18:37 ` Marcos Paulo de Souza
2026-02-06 16:49 ` [PATCH 3/8] printk: Separate code for adding/updating preferred console metadata Petr Mladek
2026-02-16 14:05 ` John Ogness
2026-02-19 12:46 ` Petr Mladek
2026-02-19 14:06 ` John Ogness
2026-02-19 14:48 ` Chris Down
2026-02-19 16:51 ` Petr Mladek
2026-02-06 16:49 ` [PATCH 4/8] printk: Cleanup _braille_(un)register_console() wrappers Petr Mladek
2026-02-19 14:49 ` Chris Down
2026-02-19 18:50 ` Marcos Paulo de Souza
2026-02-06 16:49 ` [PATCH 5/8] printk: Try to register each console as Braille first Petr Mladek
2026-02-19 14:59 ` Chris Down
2026-02-19 16:59 ` Petr Mladek
2026-02-20 4:52 ` Chris Down
2026-02-20 11:43 ` Petr Mladek
2026-02-06 16:50 ` [PATCH 6/8] printk: Do not set Braille console as preferred_console Petr Mladek
2026-02-16 16:07 ` John Ogness
2026-02-19 14:55 ` Petr Mladek
2026-02-19 15:35 ` John Ogness
2026-02-19 15:03 ` Chris Down [this message]
2026-02-06 16:50 ` [PATCH 7/8] printk: Handle pre-enabled consoles directly in register_console() Petr Mladek
2026-02-19 15:03 ` Chris Down
2026-02-06 16:50 ` [PATCH 8/8] printk: Try enable preferred consoles only when there are any Petr Mladek
2026-02-19 15:16 ` Chris Down
2026-02-17 8:56 ` [PATCH 0/8] printk: Clean up preferred console handling John Ogness
2026-02-19 15:20 ` Chris Down
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