From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755340Ab1KWM5Z (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:57:25 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:52166 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752960Ab1KWM5W (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:57:22 -0500 Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:26:57 +0530 From: Amit Shah To: Miche Baker-Harvey Cc: Rusty Russell , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Stephen Rothwell , xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, Anton Blanchard , Mike Waychison , ppc-dev , Eric Northrup Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] hvc_init(): Enforce one-time initialization. Message-ID: <20111123125657.GH16665@amit-x200.redhat.com> References: <20111108214452.28884.14840.stgit@miche.sea.corp.google.com> <20111108214504.28884.61814.stgit@miche.sea.corp.google.com> <874nybqo0o.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> <20111123103852.GG16665@amit-x200.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20111123103852.GG16665@amit-x200.redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On (Wed) 23 Nov 2011 [16:08:52], Amit Shah wrote: > With this setup, with and without patches, I can spawn two consoles > via: > > /sbin/agetty /dev/hvc0 9600 vt100 > /sbin/agetty /dev/hvc1 9600 vt100 > > (Strange thing is, the second one gives a 'password incorrect' error > on login attempts, while the first one logs in fine. I do remember > testing multiple consoles just fine a year and a half back, so no idea > why this isn't behaving as expected -- but it mostly looks like a > userspace issue rather than kernel one.) Right -- when I test this on the Fedora 11 VM I used back then, the two consoles work just fine without these patches. When I use something newer (F14), I get the weird password rejection, with and without your patches. Amit