From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757530Ab3KYTDk (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:03:40 -0500 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:41697 "EHLO mail-out.m-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755596Ab3KYTDh (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:03:37 -0500 X-Auth-Info: RznKF1FUnq6t1KMXRdyWc7fUAJU6eUC7nYxef0nVlxA= From: Andreas Schwab To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: linux-m68k , "linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] m68k/amiga: Fix specifying multiple debug= parameters References: <1382039212-26062-1-git-send-email-geert@linux-m68k.org> X-Yow: Why are these athletic shoe salesmen following me?? Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:03:33 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Geert Uytterhoeven's message of "Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:16:10 +0100") Message-ID: <87fvqkpam2.fsf@igel.home> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Geert Uytterhoeven writes: >> 2. Do we want to fix it this way? Alternatives are: >> a. Reject a second debug= parameter by checking for a non-NULL .write() >> method >> => only the first debug console will be used, >> b. Skip console registration in case of a non-NULL .write() method >> => only the last debug console will be used, >> 3. Atari has a similar issue, with even more (4) debug consoles. 2b is backward compatible. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."