linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Enable console on PCI serial devices

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Message-Id: <1224153822.3587.23.camel@test.thuisdomein>
Date:	Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:43:42 +0200
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	n0ano@...no.com
Cc:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, donald.d.dugger@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Enable console on PCI serial devices

On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 14:48 -0600, n0ano@...no.com wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:13:19AM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote:
> As an aside, I would personally be in favor of removing the `earlycon'
> kernel parameter entirely, it seems to be a strict subset of the
> `console' parameter and anyone that wants `earlycon' probably wants
> `console' anyway.  Is there a strong argument for keeping that
> parameter that I'm missing?

The same thing puzzles me too. Note that earlyprintk=serial|ttyS?[...]
also provides a similar feature.

>        earlycon=       [KNL] Output early console device and options.
>-               uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
>-               uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
>+               uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options,[clkd]]
>+               uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options,[clkd]]

clkd?


Paul Bolle

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