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Message-ID: <tip-a2fd6419174470f5ae6383f5037d0ee21ed9833f@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:14:09 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
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Subject: [tip:x86/urgent] doc, kernel-parameters: Document 'console=hvc<n>
 '

Commit-ID:  a2fd6419174470f5ae6383f5037d0ee21ed9833f
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/a2fd6419174470f5ae6383f5037d0ee21ed9833f
Author:     Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:54:09 -0500
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:42:15 -0800

doc, kernel-parameters: Document 'console=hvc<n>'

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

Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1361825650-14031-3-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index c4cc199..986614d 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
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