From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tvesnat.televes.com (unknown [212.163.42.137]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4F9B2BF0B for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:45:25 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <1103029484.41bee4ecb5397@webmail.televes.com:443> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:04:44 +0100 From: alebas@televes.com To: Tom Rini References: <1102586055.41b820c776f7f@webmail.televes.com:443> <20041213223841.GW18825@smtp.west.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20041213223841.GW18825@smtp.west.cox.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE question List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Tom Rini wrote: > It's not a "dummy" VGA console, it's a "dummy" console. IIRC, this is > selected with CONFIG_VT (or is it CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE?). IIRC, the real > problem is that when you have dummy console, it steals the console even > if you would have had console on some sort of serial port. > > The bottom line is that if you don't have some sort of video device, > just disable CONFIG_VT. > Thanks. Finally your clue guided me to the problem. All those configs (CONFIG_VT, CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE, CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE, etc) defaults to Y when CONFIG_EMBEDDED is not set. I was working with this option unset (accidentally), so this was the problem. Alex P.S. CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE is selected only if CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE is not set. That's why I had called it "dummy vga console". sorry about the confusion.