| Message ID | 1381351886-8953-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com |
|---|---|
| State | New |
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diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c index 19843ec..6fe7c6c 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c +++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c @@ -636,6 +636,7 @@ struct console xenboot_console = { .name = "xenboot", .write = xenboot_write_console, .flags = CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_BOOT | CON_ANYTIME, + .index = -1, }; #endif /* CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK */
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled xen/hvc: allow xenboot console to be used again to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.11. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Kamal ------ From ee75263438524e9831d2b30038cbd47baa113523 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 19:00:49 +0100 Subject: xen/hvc: allow xenboot console to be used again commit a9fbf4d591da6cd1d3eaab826c7c15f77fc8f6a3 upstream. Commit d0380e6c3c0f6edb986d8798a23acfaf33d5df23 (early_printk: consolidate random copies of identical code) added in 3.10 introduced a check for con->index == -1 in early_console_register(). Initialize index to -1 for the xenboot console so earlyprintk=xen works again. Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com> --- drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) -- 1.8.1.2