Subject: add console_use_vt From: kraxel@suse.de Patch-mainline: no $subject says all --- head-2010-05-25.orig/drivers/char/tty_io.c 2010-05-25 09:12:10.000000000 +0200 +++ head-2010-05-25/drivers/char/tty_io.c 2010-05-25 09:13:34.000000000 +0200 @@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ LIST_HEAD(tty_drivers); /* linked list DEFINE_MUTEX(tty_mutex); EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_mutex); +int console_use_vt = 1; + static ssize_t tty_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *); static ssize_t tty_write(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *); ssize_t redirected_tty_write(struct file *, const char __user *, @@ -1778,7 +1780,7 @@ retry_open: goto got_driver; } #ifdef CONFIG_VT - if (device == MKDEV(TTY_MAJOR, 0)) { + if (console_use_vt && device == MKDEV(TTY_MAJOR, 0)) { extern struct tty_driver *console_driver; driver = tty_driver_kref_get(console_driver); index = fg_console; @@ -3160,7 +3162,8 @@ static int __init tty_init(void) "console"); #ifdef CONFIG_VT - vty_init(&console_fops); + if (console_use_vt) + vty_init(&console_fops); #endif return 0; } --- head-2010-05-25.orig/include/linux/console.h 2010-05-25 09:12:10.000000000 +0200 +++ head-2010-05-25/include/linux/console.h 2010-01-19 14:51:01.000000000 +0100 @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ extern const struct consw dummy_con; /* extern const struct consw vga_con; /* VGA text console */ extern const struct consw newport_con; /* SGI Newport console */ extern const struct consw prom_con; /* SPARC PROM console */ +extern int console_use_vt; int con_is_bound(const struct consw *csw); int register_con_driver(const struct consw *csw, int first, int last);