linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/lpar - defer prefered console setup

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Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:34:51 +1000
From:	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>
To:	Bastian Blank <waldi@...ian.org>
Cc:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/lpar - defer prefered console setup

On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 20:56 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
> Hi

Hi Bastian,

> The powerpc lpar code adds a prefered console at a very early state,
> during arch_setup. This runs even before the console setup from the
> command line and takes preference.

It runs before the command line parsing, and so /does not/ take
preference. I thought.

/**
 * add_preferred_console - add a device to the list of preferred consoles.
 ...
 * The last preferred console added will be used for kernel messages
 * and stdin/out/err for init. 

The last console will be added by the console= parsing, and so that will
be used. The console we add in the pseries setup is only used if nothing
is specified on the command line.

cheers

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