On Monday 21 May 2007 11:36:58 am Yinghai Lu wrote: > On 5/21/07, Bjorn Helgaas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > earlycon=uart,io,0x3f8,9600n8 > > > earlycon=uart,io,0x3f8,9600n8 console=tty0 > > > earlycon=uart,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8 > > > > Why do we have to have a new "earlycon" argument? Why can't we just > > parse "console=uart" early? > > with console=uart, you need to call early_serial_console_init > explictly in your arch setup_arch to get early console.
Can't we just do: early_param("console", setup_early_console); and have setup_early_console() ignore everything except "uart"? > with console_initcall(early_uart_console_init), the early_uart_console > will be called via console_init in start_kernel, init/main.c that is > not real early console. I agree that's too late. Bjorn - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/