linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] console: use first console if stdout-path device doesn't appear

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Date:   Mon, 7 Nov 2016 17:21:49 +0000
From:   Paul Burton <paul.burton@...tec.com>
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
CC:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] console: use first console if stdout-path device doesn't appear

Hi Larry,

On Monday, 7 November 2016 09:26:37 GMT Larry Finger wrote:
> > A revert was already submitted by Hans de Goede & is being discussed over
> > here:
> > 
> > https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=147826151427455&w=2
> 
> I am a little surprised that I was not CCd on that thread.

Hans started that thread without copying you just as you started your thread 
without copying Andreas, who reported issues first.

> To reiterate, my
> PowerBook G4 with a PPC32 processor CRASHES on boot. That is a lot more
> serious than the console output disappearing.

Crashes as in init dies due to lack of a console, right?

> As it seems unlikely that this regression will be fixed in the current
> cycle, I recommend that the reversion of commit 05fd007e4629 until a proper
> fix is available.

I agree that reverting is probably the best option for now, and have replied 
with that in the other thread too.

Thanks,
    Paul
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