linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] serial: earlycon: prefer EARLYCON

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Date:   Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:18:15 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
Cc:     Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: earlycon: prefer EARLYCON_DECLARE() variant

On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 11:26:36AM +0100, Michael Walle wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> 
> Am 2020-02-20 18:46, schrieb Michael Walle:
> > If a driver exposes early consoles with EARLYCON_DECLARE() and
> > OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(), pefer the non-OF variant if the user specifies it
> > by
> >   earlycon=<driver>,<options>
> > 
> > The rationale behind this is that some drivers register multiple setup
> > functions under the same driver name. Eg.
> > 
> > OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(lpuart, "fsl,vf610-lpuart",
> > lpuart_early_console_setup);
> > OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(lpuart32, "fsl,ls1021a-lpuart",
> > lpuart32_early_console_setup);
> > OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(lpuart32, "fsl,imx7ulp-lpuart",
> > lpuart32_imx_early_console_setup);
> > EARLYCON_DECLARE(lpuart, lpuart_early_console_setup);
> > EARLYCON_DECLARE(lpuart32, lpuart32_early_console_setup);
> > 
> > It depends on the order of the entries which console_setup() actually
> > gets called. To make things worse, I guess it also depends on the
> > compiler how these are ordered. Thus always prefer the
> > EARLYCON_DECLARE()
> > ones.
> 
> Do you have an opinon on this proposal?

It's only been a week, please give me a chance to catch up on serial
patches...

thanks,

greg k-h