From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Hurley Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] of: support passing console options with stdout-path Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:09:55 -0500 Message-ID: <54EF2933.3020408@hurleysoftware.com> References: <1417110967-16284-1-git-send-email-leif.lindholm@linaro.org> <1417110967-16284-4-git-send-email-leif.lindholm@linaro.org> <54EF09AA.2080706@hurleysoftware.com> <20150226134646.GB8806@lunn.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20150226134646.GB8806-g2DYL2Zd6BY@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Andrew Lunn Cc: Leif Lindholm , grant.likely-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, robh+dt-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, plagnioj-sclMFOaUSTBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, ijc-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, s.hauer-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org Hi Andrew, On 02/26/2015 08:46 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 06:55:22AM -0500, Peter Hurley wrote: >> On 11/27/2014 12:56 PM, Leif Lindholm wrote: >>> Support specifying console options (like with console=ttyXN,) >>> by appending them to the stdout-path property after a separating ':'. >>> >>> Example: >>> stdout-path = "uart0:115200"; >> >> This format breaks DT earlycon because libfdt doesn't recognize ':' as a >> path terminator. >> >> It's simple enough to fix this directly in early_init_dt_scan_chosen_serial() >> but perhaps it would better to teach fdt_path_offset() to recognize ':'? > > Hi Peter > > ePAPR says for stdout-path in Chosen: > > A string that specifies the full path to the node representing the > device to be used for boot console output. If the character ":" is > present in the value it terminates the path. The value may be an > alias. > > So it is probably wise to implement this properly. Sorry if I was unclear. My question was not _whether_ to fix this for earlycon, but rather _how_. IOW, is the ':' character accepted as a path terminator for 1. all nodes, so fix this in fdt_path_offset(); 2. only chosen nodes; 3. unique to stdout-path, so fix this in early_init_dt_scan_chosen_serial()? Regards, Peter Hurley -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html