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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/hvc_console.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/hvc_console.c b/drivers/char/hvc_console.c index 7bc65a7..d59c642 100644 --- a/drivers/char/hvc_console.c +++ b/drivers/char/hvc_console.c @@ -219,10 +219,23 @@ struct console hvc_con_driver = { .index = -1, }; -/* Early console initialization. Preceeds driver initialization. */ +/* + * Early console initialization. Preceeds driver initialization. + * + * (1) we are first, and the user specified another driver + * -- index will remain -1 + * (2) we are first and the user specified no driver + * -- index will be set to 0, then we will fail setup. + * (3) we are first and the user specified our driver + * -- index will be set to user specified driver, and we will fail + * (4) we are after driver, and this initcall will register us + * -- if the user didn't specify a driver then the console will match + * + * Note that for cases 2 and 3, we will match later when the io driver + * calls hvc_instantiate() and call register again. + */ static int __init hvc_console_init(void) { - hvc_find_vtys(); register_console(&hvc_con_driver); return 0; } @@ -257,6 +270,13 @@ int hvc_instantiate(uint32_t vtermno, int index) if (last_hvc < index) last_hvc = index; + /* if this index is what the user requested, then register + * now (setup won't fail at this point). It's ok to just + * call register again if previously .setup failed. + */ + if (index == hvc_con_driver.index) + register_console(&hvc_con_driver); + return 0; } |
