From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: amit.shah@redhat.com (Amit Shah) Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 11:00:32 +0530 Subject: [PATCH V2 2/3] Documentation: virtio: Add emergency write (emerg_wr) config register in virtio console. In-Reply-To: <87hai427di.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> References: <1367842791-30285-1-git-send-email-pranavkumar@linaro.org> <1367842791-30285-3-git-send-email-pranavkumar@linaro.org> <8761yn382w.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> <87hai427di.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> Message-ID: <20130515053032.GA32133@amit.redhat.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On (Wed) 15 May 2013 [13:59:29], Rusty Russell wrote: > Pranavkumar Sawargaonkar writes: > > Hi Rusty, > > > > On 13 May 2013 08:22, Rusty Russell wrote: > >> Pranavkumar Sawargaonkar writes: > >>> Signed-off-by: Pranavkumar Sawargaonkar > >>> Signed-off-by: Anup Patel > >>> --- > >>> Documentation/virtual/virtio-spec.txt | 8 +++++++- > >>> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > >> > >> OK, I applied this to the lyx master, with three changes: > >> 1) Changed "filed" to "field". > >> 2) Added ", or even acknowledging the feature" after "without > >> initializing virtio queues". > >> 3) Added an initial point to the Device Initialization section: > >> > >> 1. If the VIRTIO_CONSOLE_F_EMERG_WRITE feature is offered, the > >> emerg_wr field of the configuration can be written at any time. Thus > >> it should work for very early boot debugging output as well as > >> catastophic OS failures (eg. virtio ring corruption). > > > > Thanks for applying this patch. > > Have you also applied first patch ([PATCH V2 1/3] virtio: console: Add > > emergency writeonly register to config space) > > with this? (https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/5/6/169) > > Would like Amit's Ack, since he's de-facto console maintainer. I've been away, and am reviewing the discussions here. Expect a response later today. Thanks, Amit