From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
Here's incremental patch to add the comment and fix fn_dec_console, too. I
hope it is applicable.
---
/dev/null | 0
drivers/char/keyboard.c | 8 +++++++-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN drivers/char/keyboard.c~alt-arrow-console-switch-fix-2 drivers/char/keyboard.c
--- 25/drivers/char/keyboard.c~alt-arrow-console-switch-fix-2 2004-01-09 11:23:36.000000000 -0800
+++ 25-akpm/drivers/char/keyboard.c 2004-01-09 11:23:36.000000000 -0800
@@ -494,8 +494,13 @@ static void fn_lastcons(struct vc_data *
static void fn_dec_console(struct vc_data *vc, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
int i;
+ int cur = fg_console;
+
+ /* Currently switching? Queue this next switch relative to that. */
+ if (want_console != -1)
+ cur = want_console;
- for (i = fg_console-1; i != fg_console; i--) {
+ for (i = cur-1; i != cur; i--) {
if (i == -1)
i = MAX_NR_CONSOLES-1;
if (vc_cons_allocated(i))
@@ -509,6 +514,7 @@ static void fn_inc_console(struct vc_dat
int i;
int cur = fg_console;
+ /* Currently switching? Queue this next switch relative to that. */
if (want_console != -1)
cur = want_console;
diff -puN -L linux/drivers/char/keyboard.c /dev/null /dev/null
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