Re: [RFC][PATCH 6/7] printk: Poke printk extra hard

[Ingo Molnar]

* Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 2011-12-22 at 10:03 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> > Could be made part of the locking self-tests - that way it 
> > does not add an extra config option! ;-)
> 
> Fair chance it will blow up and disable lockdep for pretty 
> much every console implementation out there, except 8250serial 
> when used in conjunction with all patches in this thread.

If it blows up without being fixed then it's not a good idea.

> Maybe not the normal vga console, but I haven't tried on a 
> machine that has a monitor attached yet (they're usually not 
> on remote power switches and I'm too lazy to reach over and 
> press reset).

The VGA console does not require a monitor attached.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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