linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86,setup: add serial_console_port_base in boot

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Message-ID: <4C3FA3DB.4010507@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:12:11 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86,setup: add serial_console_port_base in boot_params

On 07/15/2010 03:27 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> 
> to save the early_serial_base.
> 
> Also bootloader could fill that field, so setup code could reuse it.
> 
> decompress code could reuse early serial console from setup code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
> 

What's the point with this over what we currently have?

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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