linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.22-rc4-mm2: serial-convert-early

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:51:39 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <Yinghai.Lu@....COM>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.22-rc4-mm2: serial-convert-early_uart-to-earlycon-for-8250

Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> The following patch to 2.6.22-rc4-mm2 seems to update the early console
> support for the 8250 uarts:
> 
>     serial-convert-early_uart-to-earlycon-for-8250
> 
> This moved from naming the 8250 uart 'uart' to 'uart8250' in the
> console= kernel parameter.  While this is sensible long term to allow
> other uarts to be supported sanely this puts existing users with
> existing console configurations in a difficult position as their console
> output just stops appearing.  It makes life almost impossible for any
> automatic testers as they now need to have different command lines for
> different versions of the kernel.
> 
> I think we need to maintain 'uart' as an alias here.

I will try to make one patch to use uart too.

YH
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