Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Enable console on PCI serial devices | From | Paul Bolle <> | Date | Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:43:42 +0200 |
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On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 14:48 -0600, n0ano@n0ano.com wrote: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:13:19AM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote: > As an aside, I would personally be in favor of removing the `earlycon' > kernel parameter entirely, it seems to be a strict subset of the > `console' parameter and anyone that wants `earlycon' probably wants > `console' anyway. Is there a strong argument for keeping that > parameter that I'm missing?
The same thing puzzles me too. Note that earlyprintk=serial|ttyS?[...] also provides a similar feature.
> earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options. >- uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] >- uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] >+ uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options,[clkd]] >+ uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options,[clkd]]
clkd?
Paul Bolle
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