On (Mon) Nov 30 2009 [12:20:02], Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:20:30 pm Amit Shah wrote:
> > Keep a list of all ports being used as a console, and provide a lock
> > and a lookup function. The hvc callbacks only give us a vterm number,
> > so we need to map this.
>
> OK, I think we can do better than this.
>
> How about we introduce a 'struct console_port', like so:
>
> /* A port which is used as a console. */
> struct console_port {
> struct port port;
>
> u32 vtermno;
> struct list_head list;
> };
>
> static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(console_lock);
> static LIST_HEAD(consoles);
I tried to keep your patches close to the ones you sent -- I make a
change similar to this in patch 14. I can fold the two into one,
obviously.
(I'll wait for comments to the other patches in the series before
sending out a new respin.)
Thanks!
Amit
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