On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 4:31 AM, Timur Tabi <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote:
>> From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
>>
>> Add missing initcall variants when building for loadable modules.
>> This fixes this build error on powerpc allmodconfig:
>>
>> drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c: error: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of
>> 'console_initcall' [-Werror=implicit-int]
>
> Acked-by: Timur Tabi <[email protected]>
>
> However, I wonder if it makes sense to have a console_initcall in a
> module at all. Is it possible to load and use a console driver as a
> module?
Of course.
Its use for debugging is limited though, as you obviously won't get output
from it before the module is loaded and the console is registered.
As long as it's e.g. autoloaded from an initramfs, it'll work.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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