From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Finn Thain Subject: Re: Linux 3.1-2-m68k config (was: Re: Linux 3.10-2-m68k FPU support) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:16:56 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from kvm5.telegraphics.com.au ([98.124.60.144]:46900 "EHLO kvm5.telegraphics.com.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751135Ab3KKFRJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Nov 2013 00:17:09 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-m68k-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org To: Thorsten Glaser Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , John Paul Adrian Glaubitz , Debian m68k , Linux/m68k On Mon, 11 Nov 2013, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > Finn Thain dixit: > > > ! multi_defconfig -----------------------------+ > > ! config-3.10-2-m68k ------------------------+ | > > ! | | > > > > ... > > > > ! CONFIG_FB_SYS_COPYAREA : m n > > ! CONFIG_FB_SYS_FILLRECT : m n > > ! CONFIG_FB_SYS_FOPS : m n > > ! CONFIG_FB_SYS_IMAGEBLIT : m n > > > >Would this prevent the macfb framebuffer console from working in the > >absence of kernel modules? > > > > With the switch to initrd, absence of modules is simply no longer > supported at all, period. When something goes wrong, and the kernel messages aren't available to tell you what went wrong, then you may lack the information you need to support those things that you are willing to support. Hence I was trying to find an explanation for the screen shot posted, which says "console [tty0] enabled" even though the macfb console did not appear. > ... > Besides, if multi_defconfig has it as "n"... That should be OK; all of my test kernel configs also disable these options. Finn