linux/drivers
Antonino A. Daplas 5428b04405 [PATCH] Detaching fbcon: add capability to attach/detach fbcon
Add the ability to detach and attach the framebuffer console to and from the
vt layer.  This is done by echo'ing any value to sysfs attributes located in
class/graphics/fbcon.  The two attributes are:

      attach - bind fbcon to the vt layer
      detach - unbind fbcon from the vt layer

Once fbcon is detached from the vt layer, fbcon can be unloaded if compiled as
a module.  This feature is quite useful for developers who work on the
framebuffer or console subsystem.  This is also useful for users who want to
go to text mode or graphics mode without having to reboot.

Directly unloading the fbcon module is not possible because the vt layer
increments the module reference count for all bound consoles.  Detaching fbcon
decrements the module reference count to zero so unloading becomes possible.

Detaching fbcon may interfere with X and/or DRM.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26 09:58:32 -07:00
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acorn
acpi [PATCH] Time: i386 Conversion - part 2: Rework TSC Support 2006-06-26 09:58:21 -07:00
amba
atm [SPARC]: Kill __irq_itoa(). 2006-06-20 01:21:29 -07:00
base [PATCH] core: use list_move() 2006-06-26 09:58:17 -07:00
block [PATCH] CCISS: tidy up product table indentation 2006-06-25 10:01:22 -07:00
bluetooth [PATCH] Bluetooth: fix potential NULL ptr deref in dtl1_cs.c::dtl1_hci_send_frame() 2006-06-26 09:58:16 -07:00
cdrom [PATCH] cdrom/mcdx: section fixes 2006-06-25 10:01:16 -07:00
char [PATCH] Detaching fbcon: fix give_up_console() 2006-06-26 09:58:32 -07:00
clocksource [PATCH] GTOD: add scx200 HRT clocksource 2006-06-26 09:58:21 -07:00
connector [PATCH] connector-exports 2006-06-23 07:43:06 -07:00
cpufreq [PATCH] cpufreq build fix 2006-06-23 08:47:27 -07:00
crypto
dio
dma [I/OAT]: Do not use for_each_cpu(). 2006-06-17 21:25:58 -07:00
edac [PATCH] EDAC Coexistence with BIOS 2006-05-03 20:05:41 -07:00
eisa
fc4 [SPARC]: Kill __irq_itoa(). 2006-06-20 01:21:29 -07:00
firmware [PATCH] DMI: cleanup kernel-doc, add to DocBook 2006-06-25 10:01:24 -07:00
hwmon [PATCH] hwmon-vid: Add support for Intel Core and Conroe 2006-06-22 11:10:36 -07:00
i2c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc 2006-06-22 22:11:30 -07:00
ide [PATCH] Remove code that has long been commented out from pdc20265_old 2006-06-26 09:58:28 -07:00
ieee1394 [PATCH] drivers: use list_move() 2006-06-26 09:58:18 -07:00
infiniband [PATCH] drivers: use list_move() 2006-06-26 09:58:18 -07:00
input [PATCH] random: remove redundant SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM from touchscreen drivers 2006-06-25 10:01:00 -07:00
isdn [PATCH] isdn4linux: Gigaset driver cleanup 2006-06-26 09:58:23 -07:00
leds [PATCH] LED: add LED heartbeat trigger 2006-06-25 10:01:23 -07:00
macintosh [PATCH] Rewritten backlight infrastructure for portable Apple computers 2006-06-25 10:00:59 -07:00
mca
md [PATCH] drivers: use list_move() 2006-06-26 09:58:18 -07:00
media [PATCH] drivers: use list_move() 2006-06-26 09:58:18 -07:00
message Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6 2006-06-21 11:18:25 -07:00
mfd
misc [PATCH] VFS: Permit filesystem to override root dentry on mount 2006-06-23 07:42:45 -07:00
mmc [ARM] 3565/1: AT91RM9200 MMC update 2006-06-19 13:06:05 +01:00
mtd [MTD] NAND: Fix breakage all over the place 2006-06-20 20:31:24 +01:00
net [PATCH] Add bcm43xx HW RNG support 2006-06-26 09:58:19 -07:00
nubus
oprofile [PATCH] oprofile: convert from semaphores to mutexes 2006-06-25 10:01:04 -07:00
parisc
parport [PATCH] parport: add to kernel-doc 2006-06-25 10:01:25 -07:00
pci [PATCH] PCI: nVidia quirk to make AER PCI-E extended capability visible 2006-06-21 12:00:01 -07:00
pcmcia [ARM] Fix badge4 build error 2006-06-19 15:37:31 +01:00
pnp [PATCH] pnp: card_probe(): fix memory leak 2006-06-25 10:01:01 -07:00
rapidio
rtc [PATCH] RTC: add rtc-ds1742 driver 2006-06-25 10:01:14 -07:00
s390 [PATCH] drivers: use list_move() 2006-06-26 09:58:18 -07:00
sbus [PATCH] mm: remove VM_LOCKED before remap_pfn_range and drop VM_SHM 2006-06-25 10:00:55 -07:00
scsi [PATCH] drivers: use list_move() 2006-06-26 09:58:18 -07:00
serial [PATCH] m68knommu: 532x UART support 2006-06-25 17:43:33 -07:00
sh
sn [PATCH] SGI IOC4: Detect IO card variant 2006-06-23 07:43:07 -07:00
spi [PATCH] s3c24xx: fix spi driver with CONFIG_PM 2006-05-26 11:55:46 -07:00
tc
telephony
usb [PATCH] drivers: use list_move() 2006-06-26 09:58:18 -07:00
video [PATCH] Detaching fbcon: add capability to attach/detach fbcon 2006-06-26 09:58:32 -07:00
w1 [PATCH] connector-exports 2006-06-23 07:43:06 -07:00
zorro
Kconfig [I/OAT]: DMA memcpy subsystem 2006-06-17 21:18:43 -07:00
Makefile [PATCH] Time: i386 Clocksource Drivers 2006-06-26 09:58:21 -07:00