linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 -next 11/11] serial: 8250_early: Remove setup_early_serial8250

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Message-ID: <20150403190044.GA24702@kroah.com>
Date:	Fri, 3 Apr 2015 21:00:44 +0200
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Cc:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	"linux-serial@...r.kernel.org" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 -next 11/11] serial: 8250_early: Remove
 setup_early_serial8250_console()

On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 02:27:30PM -0400, Peter Hurley wrote:
> I have no problem fixing this _if this is causing actual regressions_,
> and not simply some minor inconvenience that can be fixed by editing your
> grub command line.

But, you can't break working command lines from previous kernel
releases.  Undocumented or not, sorry.  It's a working configuration.
Upgrading a kernel can not break that.

sorry,

greg k-h
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