From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tomi Valkeinen Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] fbcon: Change fbcon_init from module_init to fs_initcall Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:34:46 +0200 Message-ID: <5464C186.8030806@ti.com> References: <1415885645-24613-1-git-send-email-hdegoede@redhat.com> <1415885645-24613-4-git-send-email-hdegoede@redhat.com> Reply-To: linux-sunxi-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="eaOsSM1fxpwAxw8RKnsl14ixoBmkU9ijK" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1415885645-24613-4-git-send-email-hdegoede-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: , List-Unsubscribe: , To: Hans de Goede Cc: Stephen Warren , Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard , Grant Likely , Rob Herring , Luc Verhaegen , Maxime Ripard , David Herrmann , Geert Uytterhoeven , linux-fbdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, devicetree , linux-sunxi-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org --eaOsSM1fxpwAxw8RKnsl14ixoBmkU9ijK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 13/11/14 15:34, Hans de Goede wrote: > Various fb drivers register themselves before module_init so as to have a > console as early as possible, this is of little use if fbcon does not initialze > early too. > > Fbcon cannot initialize earlier then fs_initcall, because then the creation > of /sys/class/graphics/fbcon will fail. Not related to this series, but makes me wonder how difficult it would be to get fbcon and simplefb initialize at even earlier stage. Well, something for the future. Tomi --eaOsSM1fxpwAxw8RKnsl14ixoBmkU9ijK--