[PATCH/RFC] Add Alternative Log Buffer Support for printk Messages

[Grant Erickson]

On 1/6/09 4:04 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 10:34 -0800, Grant Erickson wrote:
>> This merges support for the previously DENX-only kernel feature of
>> specifying an alternative, "external" buffer for kernel printk
>> messages and their associated metadata. In addition, this ports
>> architecture support for this feature from arch/ppc to arch/powerpc.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Grant Erickson <gerickson at nuovations.com>
> 
> Considering the extensive changes to generic code, this patch will
> have to be submitted via the linux-kernel mailing list.
> 
> I suggest you split the generic core change from the powerpc specific
> implementation.
> 
> I'm not sure whether I like the idea myself or not there, so you'll have
> to convince the powers that be to take it.

Ben:

Thanks for the feedback. Matt Sealey had some good feedback
<http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2008-November/065594.html> which I
have on my to-do list to evaluate.

In the interim, I'll hold off on pushing up to linux-kernel until I've done
that.

Regards,

Grant