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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [announce 7/7] fbsplash - documentation
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 20:11:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050309191103.GA632@openzaurus.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050308021706.GH26249@spock.one.pl>

Hi!

> +The userspace helper
> +--------------------
> +
> +The userspace splash helper (by default: /sbin/splash_helper) is called by the
> +kernel whenever an important event occurs and the kernel needs some kind of
> +job to be carried out. Important events include console switches and graphic
> +mode switches (the kernel requests background images and configuration
> +parameters for the current console). The splash helper must be accessible at 
> +all times. If it's not, fbsplash will be switched off automatically.

Ugh, is not calling userspace when switching consoles deadlock-prone?
What if that helper tries to do printf()?

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2005-03-09 19:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-03-08  2:17 [announce 7/7] fbsplash - documentation Michal Januszewski
2005-03-08  3:18 ` Arnd Bergmann
2005-03-08  5:00   ` Matan Peled
2005-03-08 17:39     ` Jesse Barnes
2005-03-08  6:12   ` Jon Smirl
2005-03-08 22:37   ` Michal Januszewski
2005-03-09  0:17     ` Arnd Bergmann
2005-03-09  2:05       ` Michal Januszewski
2005-03-09 15:40         ` Arnd Bergmann
2005-03-10  0:16           ` Michal Januszewski
2005-03-11 12:27       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-03-09 16:54     ` Jon Smirl
2005-03-09 17:29       ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Arnd Bergmann
2005-03-09 19:11 ` Pavel Machek [this message]

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