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From: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
To: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] console: use first console if stdout-path device
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Hi Paul,

On (11/03/16 21:17), Paul Burton wrote:
> > [..]
> > > +			 * The device tree stdout-path chosen node property was
> > > +			 * specified so we don't want to enable the first
> > > +			 * registered console just now in order to give the
> > > +			 * device indicated by stdout-path a chance to be
> > > +			 * registered first. Do however keep track of the
> > > +			 * first console we see so that we can fall back to
> > > +			 * using it if we don't see the desired device, either
> > > +			 * because stdout-path isn't valid, or because we have
> > > +			 * no driver for the device or our driver doesn't call
> > > +			 * of_console_check(). See printk_late_init() for this
> > > +			 * fallback.
> > 
> > if the path is not valid then correct the path. no?
> 
> ...but what if the path is valid and we simply don't have a driver for the 
> device it references? As I said in that comment we may not have a driver at 
> all.

well, I suppose, in this case normally one would go and enable the
missing .config option. no?

	-ss