From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761264AbYFLXMJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:12:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760337AbYFLXLK (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:11:10 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:54236 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754702AbYFLXLH (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:11:07 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:10:49 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Mike Travis Cc: mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: Add config option to setup early serial console Message-Id: <20080612161049.3bb2f1a3.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <4851AA00.1050006@sgi.com> References: <20080612223802.528617000@polaris-admin.engr.sgi.com> <20080612223802.673729000@polaris-admin.engr.sgi.com> <20080612154600.fac8cc6b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <4851AA00.1050006@sgi.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:58:08 -0700 Mike Travis wrote: > Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:38:03 -0700 > > Mike Travis wrote: > > > >> * Add config option EARLY_SERIAL_CONSOLE to enable early > >> printk's to be directed to the serial console. > ... > >> > > > > Confused. What's wrong with console=uart,...? > > > > The problem is that I need the output really, really early before > the console is initialized. Sorry, I meant earlycon=uart..