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From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Which is better to specify console, "console= " or "stdout-path" ?
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 09:43:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4192029.T14mE8UQNd@wuerfel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK7LNAS9uBJ1cVmGBKae3W0tk8Siu1yeXOaeN6Kz11cksMqtsg@mail.gmail.com>

On Wednesday 21 October 2015 14:09:42 Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> 
> I think there exist two ways to specify the console port and baudrate.
> 
> 
> [1] Specify console in bootargs
> 
>   chosen {
>         bootargs = "console=ttyS0,115200";
>   };
> 
> 
> [2] Specify stdout-path
> 
>    chosen {
>          stdout-path = "serial0:115200n8";
>    };
> 
> 
> 
> Now I have both in my DTS, but it is redundant.
> 
> So, I want to select either [1] or [2].
> 
> 
> Which is a preferable way?
> 

stdout-path is better. It took us a while to get that implemented
on arm32, but now that it works, we should all use it.

	Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2015-10-21  7:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-10-21  5:09 Which is better to specify console, "console= " or "stdout-path" ? Masahiro Yamada
2015-10-21  7:43 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2015-10-21  8:58 ` Sudeep Holla
2015-10-21 12:46   ` Peter Hurley
2015-10-21 12:54     ` Sudeep Holla
2015-10-21 13:02       ` Peter Hurley
2015-10-21 13:06         ` Sudeep Holla
2015-10-21 15:38     ` Masahiro Yamada
2015-10-21 16:26       ` Peter Hurley
2015-10-22  4:20         ` Masahiro Yamada
2015-10-28 16:00           ` Peter Hurley

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