linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] of: support passing console options with stdout-path

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Date:	Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:44:00 +0100
From:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Cc:	Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@...aro.org>, grant.likely@...aro.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mark.rutland@....com,
	robh+dt@...nel.org, plagnioj@...osoft.com, ijc@...ian.org,
	s.hauer@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] of: support passing console options with
 stdout-path

> Sorry if I was unclear. My question was not _whether_ to fix this
> for earlycon, but rather _how_.
> 
> IOW, is the ':' character accepted as a path terminator for
> 1. all nodes, so fix this in fdt_path_offset();
> 2. only chosen nodes;
> 3. unique to stdout-path, so fix this in early_init_dt_scan_chosen_serial()?

Ah, sorry.

The ':' character is accepted as a path terminator for stdout-path and
stdin-path within chosen node. It does not appear to be mentioned
anywhere else in the standard.

	 Andrew
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