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4 The Linux kernel has 2 general types of console drivers.  The first type is
12 any time with each driver sharing the console with other drivers including
13 the system driver. However, modular drivers cannot take over the console
16 of driver occupying the consoles.) They can only take over the console that is
18 released by the console, the system driver will take over.
22 	 do_take_over_console() - load and bind driver to console layer
32 examined. This shows the console backends currently registered by the
81 console drivers
84 unbinding will not succeed. An example of an application that sets the console
87 How useful is this feature? This is very useful for console driver
88 developers. By unbinding the driver from the console layer, one can unload the
91 framebuffer console to VGA console and vice versa, this feature also makes
107 Guidelines for console driver writers:
110 In order for binding to and unbinding from the console to properly work,
111 console drivers must follow these guidelines:
115    to the console's internal list. It won't take over the
116    console. do_take_over_console(), as it name implies, will also take over (or
117    bind to) the console.
123    driver, which was previously bound, becomes unbound.  The console layer
129    rebind the driver to the console arrives.
136    impossible for the driver to service console requests.  This can happen
137    with the framebuffer console that suddenly lost all of its drivers.
139 The current crop of console drivers should still work correctly, but binding