From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from az33egw02.freescale.net (az33egw02.freescale.net [192.88.158.103]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "az33egw02.freescale.net", Issuer "Thawte Premium Server CA" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 31EFDDDE08 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:06:35 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <4922D9E9.5020204@freescale.com> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:06:17 -0600 From: Timur Tabi MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Timur Tabi , Paul Mackerras , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: powerpc: udbg based backend for hvc_console References: <20081024035434.GF4267@yookeroo.seuss> <20081118004005.GC26336@yookeroo.seuss> <20081118051408.GM26336@yookeroo.seuss> In-Reply-To: <20081118051408.GM26336@yookeroo.seuss> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , David Gibson wrote: > Given the variety of strange I/O configurations in prototype and > embedded platforms, I can't imagine this was a unique situation. So > I've pushed my patch out, so anyone else in a similar situation can > immediately turn their little udbg methods for whatever strange I/O > they have into a fully-functional console. Maybe it's not something > you'd want to go to release with, but it certainly simplifies life > during bringup. Ok, I understand now. However, I would like to see two changes: 1) Re-arrange the Makefile as I pointed out in another post. 2) Update the Kconfig help file to be very clear that this feature is only meaningful if the platform has a udbg back-end but no other console or TTY driver. -- Timur Tabi Linux kernel developer at Freescale