Re: [PATCH v11 2/4] ACPI: parse SPCR and enable matching console

2017-09-11 Thread Leif Lindholm
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 02:28:20PM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote: > On Sep 11 2017, Graeme Gregory wrote: > > > Considering the SPCR table in question seems mildly insane, you could > > always unload the SPCR in grub. > > How do you "unload the SPCR"? But in any case, console= should always > tak

Re: [PATCH v11 2/4] ACPI: parse SPCR and enable matching console

2017-09-11 Thread Graeme Gregory
On 11 September 2017 at 13:28, Andreas Schwab wrote: > On Sep 11 2017, Graeme Gregory wrote: > >> Considering the SPCR table in question seems mildly insane, you could >> always unload the SPCR in grub. > > How do you "unload the SPCR"? But in any case, console= should always > take precedence.

Re: [PATCH v11 2/4] ACPI: parse SPCR and enable matching console

2017-09-11 Thread Andreas Schwab
On Sep 11 2017, Graeme Gregory wrote: > Considering the SPCR table in question seems mildly insane, you could > always unload the SPCR in grub. How do you "unload the SPCR"? But in any case, console= should always take precedence. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SUSE Labs, sch...@suse.de GPG Key

Re: [PATCH v11 2/4] ACPI: parse SPCR and enable matching console

2017-09-11 Thread Graeme Gregory
On 11 September 2017 at 12:39, Andreas Schwab wrote: > On Sep 11 2017, Leif Lindholm wrote: > >> Are you asking because you want to use a different console in a lab >> setup or because there are issues with SPCR on your platform? > > The console from the SPCR is not the one forwarded by the BMC.

Re: [PATCH v11 2/4] ACPI: parse SPCR and enable matching console

2017-09-11 Thread Andreas Schwab
On Sep 11 2017, Leif Lindholm wrote: > Are you asking because you want to use a different console in a lab > setup or because there are issues with SPCR on your platform? The console from the SPCR is not the one forwarded by the BMC. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SUSE Labs, sch...@suse.de GPG K

Re: [PATCH v11 2/4] ACPI: parse SPCR and enable matching console

2017-09-11 Thread Leif Lindholm
I'm afraid Aleksey is no longer assigned to Linaro (you will probably have seen a bounce). On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 11:11:49AM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote: > On Sep 27 2016, Aleksey Makarov wrote: > > > 'ARM Server Base Boot Requiremets' [1] mentions SPCR (Serial Port > > Console Redirection Tabl

Re: [PATCH v11 2/4] ACPI: parse SPCR and enable matching console

2017-09-11 Thread Andreas Schwab
On Sep 27 2016, Aleksey Makarov wrote: > 'ARM Server Base Boot Requiremets' [1] mentions SPCR (Serial Port > Console Redirection Table) [2] as a mandatory ACPI table that > specifies the configuration of serial console. > > Defer initialization of DT earlycon until ACPI/DT decision is made. > > P

[PATCH v11 2/4] ACPI: parse SPCR and enable matching console

2016-09-27 Thread Aleksey Makarov
'ARM Server Base Boot Requiremets' [1] mentions SPCR (Serial Port Console Redirection Table) [2] as a mandatory ACPI table that specifies the configuration of serial console. Defer initialization of DT earlycon until ACPI/DT decision is made. Parse the ACPI SPCR table, setup earlycon if required,