linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] printk: fix broken 'console' kernel parameter

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Date:	Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:07:49 +0800
From:	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
To:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] printk: fix broken 'console' kernel parameter

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 09:41:18PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> If CONFIG_A11Y_BRAILLE_CONSOLE is not enabled, _braille_console_setup()
> should return NULL to parse the parameter further in console_setup().
> 
> This patch fixes the broken 'console' kernel parameter, which makes the
> Pandaboard not boot with 'console=ttyO2'.

Not sure if this is related, but I got an early crash with linux-next and
the first bad commit is

commit 10db96eb4942a011a76de8c98aabc4f132a882d9
Author: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Date:   Tue Oct 23 13:50:17 2012 +1100

    printk: move braille console support into separate braille.[ch]
    files

Thanks,
Fengguang
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