Re: [PATCH]: Fix for SB100/SB150 bootup hangs

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:21:07 -0700 (PDT)

> But the bottom line is that we must use the output-device to
> determine the console output framebuffer device in the absense
> of a console= command line specification.

The status of this is that I just had an email exchange
with one of the framebuffer layer developers and he's
come up with a scheme by which we can set the framebuffer
device correctly based upon the setting of 'output-device'
and whatever that aliases too.

I'll forward some test stuff here, if I remember, once the
infrastructure is done.