Re: [PATCH v4 2/8] arm64: dts: exynos: Add dts files for 64-bit Exynos5433 SoC

[Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@samsung.com>]

Hi Arnd,

On 02/26/2015 05:18 PM, Chanwoo Choi wrote:
> On 02/24/2015 08:59 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Tuesday 24 February 2015 20:04:17 Chanwoo Choi wrote:
>>> On 02/24/2015 06:48 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday 24 February 2015 17:52:01 Chanwoo Choi wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> But, I have a question.
>>>>> If we put the aliases into the board dts file instaed of SoC dtsi,
>>>>> each board dts file may use the different alias name about same phandle.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, that is the idea. In particular with the uarts, the intention is
>>>> that the numbering of the device nodes in /dev is the same that is
>>>> printed on the board (if any), which may be different from the numbering
>>>> internal to the SoC.
>>>
>>> I check the uart device with Exynos5433 SoC based on Linux 4.0-rc1
>>> If some board use the serial_0 and serial_3 as following in board dtsi,
>>>
>>>         &serial_0 {             --> UART 0 device
>>>                 status = "okay";
>>>         };
>>>
>>>         &serial_3 {             --> UART 3 device
>>>                 status = "okay";
>>>         };
>>>
>>> The serial core driver create the follwoing /dev/ttySACx device node
>>> by using the number of alias. It maintain the same device number of internel to the SoC.
>>>
>>>         root@localhost:~# ls /dev/ttySAC
>>>         ttySAC1  ttySAC3  
>>>
>>

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> 
> So, I change the kernel command line about ('console' bootparam) as following:
> because tty framework must use the 'console' bootparam to print kernel log.

I fix the my wrong expression. Some tty driver use the 'console' bootparam.

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Thanks,
Chanwoo Choi