linux-kernel - Re: [patch] early printk and boot console fixups.

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Message-Id: <200705160959.12433.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Date:	Wed, 16 May 2007 09:59:12 -0600
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>
To:	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:	"Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@...e.de>, "Andi Kleen" <ak@...e.de>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"linux kernel mailing list" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] early printk and boot console fixups.

On Tuesday 15 May 2007 10:17:50 pm Yinghai Lu wrote:
> for early_uart_console, I have some ideas:
> 1. merged that into early_serial_console in
> arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c, and
> move early_printk.c to kernel/, --- make it understand
>      earlyprintk=uart,io,0x3f8,9600n8
>      earlyprintk=uart,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8
> in addition to vga, ttyS, serial

I would rather try to merge 8250_early and early_printk.
"console=uart,io,0x3f8" is already pretty similar to
"earlyprintk=serial", and it would be nice to have only one.

"console=uart" does have the disadvantage that you have to know the
port address.  But it has the advantage that it doesn't depend on
compiled-in legacy serial port names.  If you need early console
output, you're probably a developer and can come up with the address.

I think it would be nice to have a "console=vga".  That could use
the current "earlyprintk=vga" implementation, and automatically
hand off to tty0.

Then we could remove "earlyprintk=" and always use "console=uart"
or "console=vga".

Bjorn

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