Re: [PATCH v2 -next 03/13] console: Add extensible console matching

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 11:05:48AM -0500, Peter Hurley wrote:
> Add match() method to struct console which allows the console to
> perform console command line matching instead of (or in addition to)
> default console matching (ie., by fixed name and index).
> 
> The match() method returns 0 to indicate a successful match; normal
> console matching occurs if no match() method is defined or the
> match() method returns non-zero. The match() method is expected to set
> the console index if required.
> 
> Re-implement earlycon-to-console-handoff with direct matching of
> "console=uart|uart8250,..." to the 8250 ttyS console.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c  | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c | 23 -------------
>  include/linux/console.h              |  3 +-
>  include/linux/serial_8250.h          |  2 --
>  kernel/printk/printk.c               | 52 ++++++++++-------------------
>  5 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)

This didn't apply, so I've stopped here.

thanks,

greg k-h