On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 00:35 -0600, Grant Likely wrote: > On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 12:32 AM, David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Grant Likely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:02:44 -0600 > > > >> of_lookup_stdout() is useful for figuring out what device to use as output > >> for early boot progress messages. It returns the node pointed to by the > >> linux,stdout-path property in the chosen node. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > On sparc platforms this is obtained differently. We obtain the 32-bit > > instance value of "/chosen/stdout" and convert that into a prom device > > node path using "instance-to-path". > > How about if I modify it to try both methods?
The sparc method however cannot be used on powerpc because it requires a call to OF to do the "live" conversion (ie, instance-to-path). In fact, our /chosen/linux,stdout-path is just a cached result of that conversion done during boot. Ben. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
