Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:03:30 +0100 | From | Luca Falavigna <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] CONSOLE_LP_STRICT Kconfig option |
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Oops, I noticed I sent twice my email. Sorry.
14 Feb 2006 15:59:56 +0100, Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>: > This shouldn't be a CONFIG. This should be a runtime option. > It's ridiculous to have to recompile your kernel just to fix some > problem with your printer. > > e.g. sysctl, ioctl, sysfs entry, module parameter. Whatever is en > vogue these days. Easiest would be probably a module_param().
This feature only gets involved when passing console=lp0 parameter to the bootloader. I never tried to load a new system console while system was running so I'm not sure if it behaves correctly. If it does, I will modify this patch following your advices.
Regards,
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