linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] microblaze: remove redundant early

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Message-ID: <584d5be2-6961-5f65-d0d7-bc4661aa21f0@xilinx.com>
Date:   Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:44:37 +0200
From:   Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] microblaze: remove redundant early_printk support

Hi Rob,

On 28.3.2018 04:06, Rob Herring wrote:
> With earlycon support now enabled, the arch specific early_printk support
> can be removed.

earlycon is not the full replacement of early_printk support as is
designed right now.
Definitely current early_printk is pretty old and contains code
duplication but it starts much earlier then earlycon.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>
> ---
> v2: 
> - Fix booting. The setup_memory call needed to be before the 
>   parse_early_param call.

What's the reason for calling setup_memory before parse_early_param?
Is there any dependency?

Thanks,
Michal