On 2022-09-30, Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> wrote: >> I know that it is all hope for good. But there is also a race between >> the hlist_empty() and hlist_entry(). > > I wonder if pdc_console() is still needed as it is today. When this > was written, early_console and such didn't worked for parisc as it > should. That's proably why we have this register/unregister in here. > > Would it make sense, and would we gain something for this > printk-series, if I'd try to convert pdc_console to a standard > earlycon or earlyprintk device? Having an earlycon or earlyprintk device will not really help you here since those drivers will have already unregistered. However, once we get the new atomic/kthread interface available, it certainly would be useful to implement the pdc_console as an atomic console. John Ogness
