linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] kernel-parameters: Document 'console=hvc<n>'

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Message-Id: <1361825650-14031-3-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:54:09 -0500
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, x86@...nel.org
Cc:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] kernel-parameters: Document 'console=hvc<n>'

Both the PowerPC hypervisor and Xen hypervisor can utilize the
hvc driver.

CC: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 73d51ed..7b41fba 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -564,6 +564,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
 			switching to the matching ttyS device later.  The
 			options are the same as for ttyS, above.
+		hvc<n>	Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
+			both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
 
                 If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
                 device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
-- 
1.8.0.2

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