Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/arm: allow console=hvc0 to be omitted for guests

2015-02-11 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Thu, 12 Feb 2015, Julien Grall wrote: > On 12/02/2015 12:54, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Thu, 2015-02-12 at 04:35 +, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2015-02-10 at 15:51 +0800, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > > > FWIW on x86 this doesn't d

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/arm: allow console=hvc0 to be omitted for guests

2015-02-11 Thread Julien Grall
On 12/02/2015 12:54, Ian Campbell wrote: On Thu, 2015-02-12 at 04:35 +, Stefano Stabellini wrote: On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: On Tue, 2015-02-10 at 15:51 +0800, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: FWIW on x86 this doesn't depend on console_set_on_cmdline, does it need to here? I didn't

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/arm: allow console=hvc0 to be omitted for guests

2015-02-11 Thread Ian Campbell
On Thu, 2015-02-12 at 04:35 +, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Tue, 2015-02-10 at 15:51 +0800, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > FWIW on x86 this doesn't depend on console_set_on_cmdline, does it need > > > > to here? > > > > > > > > > > I didn't check t

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/arm: allow console=hvc0 to be omitted for guests

2015-02-11 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Thu, 12 Feb 2015, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Tue, 2015-02-10 at 15:51 +0800, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > FWIW on x86 this doesn't depend on console_set_on_cmdline, does it need > > > > to here? > > > > > > > > > > I didn't check the code, but i

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/arm: allow console=hvc0 to be omitted for guests

2015-02-11 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Tue, 2015-02-10 at 15:51 +0800, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > FWIW on x86 this doesn't depend on console_set_on_cmdline, does it need > > > to here? > > > > > > > I didn't check the code, but it seems inappropriate to add a preferred > > console implicit

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/arm: allow console=hvc0 to be omitted for guests

2015-02-10 Thread Ian Campbell
On Tue, 2015-02-10 at 15:51 +0800, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > FWIW on x86 this doesn't depend on console_set_on_cmdline, does it need > > to here? > > > > I didn't check the code, but it seems inappropriate to add a preferred > console implicitly if the user has set 'console=' on the command line.

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/arm: allow console=hvc0 to be omitted for guests

2015-02-09 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On 10 February 2015 at 15:26, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Tue, 2015-02-10 at 07:00 +, Stefano Stabellini wrote: >> On Fri, 30 Jan 2015, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: >> > This patch registers hvc0 as the preferred console if no console >> > has been specified explicitly on the kernel command line. >> > >

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/arm: allow console=hvc0 to be omitted for guests

2015-02-09 Thread Julien Grall
Hi Stefano, On 10/02/2015 15:00, Stefano Stabellini wrote: On Fri, 30 Jan 2015, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: This patch registers hvc0 as the preferred console if no console has been specified explicitly on the kernel command line. The purpose is to allow platform agnostic kernels and boot images (su

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/arm: allow console=hvc0 to be omitted for guests

2015-02-09 Thread Ian Campbell
On Tue, 2015-02-10 at 07:00 +, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jan 2015, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > This patch registers hvc0 as the preferred console if no console > > has been specified explicitly on the kernel command line. > > > > The purpose is to allow platform agnostic kernels and

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/arm: allow console=hvc0 to be omitted for guests

2015-02-09 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Fri, 30 Jan 2015, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > This patch registers hvc0 as the preferred console if no console > has been specified explicitly on the kernel command line. > > The purpose is to allow platform agnostic kernels and boot images > (such as distro installers) to boot in a Xen/ARM domU wi

[Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/arm: allow console=hvc0 to be omitted for guests

2015-01-30 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
This patch registers hvc0 as the preferred console if no console has been specified explicitly on the kernel command line. The purpose is to allow platform agnostic kernels and boot images (such as distro installers) to boot in a Xen/ARM domU without the need to modify the command line by hand. S