Re: [PATCH] move MAX_NR_CONSOLES from tty.h to vt.h

[Jon Smirl]

On 6/28/06, Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jon Smirl wrote:
> > MAX_NR_CONSOLES is more of a function of the VT layer than the TTY
> > one. Moving this to vt.h allows all of the framebuffer drivers to
> > remove their dependency on tty.h. Note that console drivers in
> > video/console still depend on tty.h but fbdev drivers should not
> > depend on the tty layer.
>
> In fact, none of the VT console drivers should have any dependency
> on tty.h, only vt.c should.
>
> I think, the only thing needed by fbcon (and all other drivers in
> drivers/video/console) in tty.h is fg_console. We can move that
> to vt_kern.h instead.

Do you want to take over this patch and merge it via your tree? Do you
want to move fg_console or do you want me to?

The patch in this message is related.
[PATCH] remove include of screen_info.h from tty.h

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Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx
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