Re: [patch 3] Xen core patch : runtime VT console disable

[Ian Pratt]

> Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > >  +int console_use_vt = 1;
> > 
> > Should this not have static scope?
> 
> I'd like to have that one globally visible, so that code somewhere in
> arch/{xen|um} can enable/disable that at boot time depending on the
> virtual machine configuration.

Yep, that's why we need it global. In
arch/xen/i386/kernel/setup.c we set it to zero if the virtual
machine doesn't have access to the console hardware.

Ian
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