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7 The Linux kernel has 2 general types of console drivers.  The first type is
15 any time with each driver sharing the console with other drivers including
16 the system driver. However, modular drivers cannot take over the console
19 of driver occupying the consoles.) They can only take over the console that is
21 released by the console, the system driver will take over.
25 	 do_take_over_console() - load and bind driver to console layer
35 examined. This shows the console backends currently registered by the
89 		Support for binding and unbinding console drivers
94   console to KD_GRAPHICS is X.
96 How useful is this feature? This is very useful for console driver
97 developers. By unbinding the driver from the console layer, one can unload the
100 framebuffer console to VGA console and vice versa, this feature also makes
116 Guidelines for console driver writers
119 In order for binding to and unbinding from the console to properly work,
120 console drivers must follow these guidelines:
124    to the console's internal list. It won't take over the
125    console. do_take_over_console(), as it name implies, will also take over (or
126    bind to) the console.
132    driver, which was previously bound, becomes unbound.  The console layer
138    rebind the driver to the console arrives.
145    impossible for the driver to service console requests.  This can happen
146    with the framebuffer console that suddenly lost all of its drivers.
148 The current crop of console drivers should still work correctly, but binding