[PATCH v3 3/4] simplefb: Change simplefb_init from module_init to fs_initcall

Hans de Goede hdegoede at redhat.com
Thu Nov 13 06:47:31 PST 2014


Hi,

On 11/13/2014 03:32 PM, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> On 13/11/14 15:34, Hans de Goede wrote:
>> One of the reasons for having the simplefb nodes in /chosen, and doing
>> explicit enumeration of the nodes there, is too allow enumerating them sooner,
>> so that we get a console earlier on.
>>
>> Doing this earlier then fs_initcall is not useful, since the fb only turns into
>> a console when fbcon intializes, which is a fs_initcall too.
> 
> The above text is slightly confusing, as fbcon initializes at
> module_init time. You only change it in the next patch. I can move the
> fbcon change to be the first patch when applying, if there are no more
> versions sent.

True, feel free to swap them when applying.

Regards,

Hans



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