linux-kernel - Early console confusion

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Message-Id: <201009220912.45360.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Date:	Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:12:44 -0600
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>
To:	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	yinghai@...nel.org, just.for.lkml@...glemail.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Early console confusion

Can somebody explain the differences between

	earlycon=uart,...
	earlycon=uart8250,...
	earlyprintk=serial,...
	console=uart,...
	console=uart8250,...

I'm not really convinced we need them all, and it's getting a
little confusing.

Bjorn
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