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From: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] earlycon: 8250: Fix command line regression
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2015 13:24:51 -0400
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On 04/04/2015 01:19 PM, Peter Hurley wrote:
> Restore undocumented behavior of kernel command line parameters of
> the forms:
>     console=uart[8250],io|mmio|mmio32,<addr>[,options]
>     console=uart[8250],<addr>[,options]
> where 'options' have not been specified; in this case, the hardware
> is assumed to be initialized.
> 
> Document the required behavior of the original implementation.

Greg,

Please wait for a Tested-by from Yinghai before pushing; I have no
platform to test if this fixes his regression.

Regards,
Peter Hurley