[PATCH v3 2/3] hvc_init(): Enforce one-time initialization.

[Amit Shah]

On (Wed) 23 Nov 2011 [16:08:52], Amit Shah wrote:
> With this setup, with and without patches, I can spawn two consoles
> via:
> 
> /sbin/agetty /dev/hvc0 9600 vt100
> /sbin/agetty /dev/hvc1 9600 vt100
> 
> (Strange thing is, the second one gives a 'password incorrect' error
> on login attempts, while the first one logs in fine.  I do remember
> testing multiple consoles just fine a year and a half back, so no idea
> why this isn't behaving as expected -- but it mostly looks like a
> userspace issue rather than kernel one.)

Right -- when I test this on the Fedora 11 VM I used back then, the
two consoles work just fine without these patches.  When I use
something newer (F14), I get the weird password rejection, with and
without your patches.

		Amit