From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] printk: implement support for extended console drivers Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:11:40 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1430318704-32374-1-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org> <1430318704-32374-4-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org> <20150629152805.GM15805@mtj.duckdns.org> <20150629154914.GQ15805@mtj.duckdns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: pmladek@suse.cz, Andrew Morton , "David S. Miller" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , Kay Sievers , Josh Triplett , Linux Embedded To: Tejun Heo Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20150629154914.GQ15805@mtj.duckdns.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 5:49 PM, Tejun Heo wrote: > On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 05:47:49PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >> > netconsole itself is optional & modular. I'm not sure making further >> > splits is called for, especially given the use cases. >> >> It could be a hidden option, selected by its users (e.g. netconsole). > > Hmmm... what do you mean? init/Kconfig: config PRINTK_EXT_LOG bool drivers/net/Kconfig: config NETCONSOLE tristate "Network console logging support" select PRINTK_EXT_LOG kernel/printk/printk.c: void console_unlock(void) { #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK_EXT_LOG static char ext_text[CONSOLE_EXT_LOG_MAX]; #endif etc. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds