[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 0/2] Deprecate Linux bootargs munging with CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE.

Wolfgang Denk
2012-01-10T22:30:00Z

Dear Doug Anderson,

In message <1326231380-30128-1-git-send-email-dianders@chromium.org> you wrote:
>
> As discussed previously on the U-Boot mailing list (see comments on
> "Fix fixup_silent_linux() buffer overrun" patchset), relying on

Please provide a link.

> "bootm" to mangle the Linux bootargs is not a suggested way to go.

So what is "a suggested way to go" to silence the Linux kenrel
messages?

> We now officially deprecate it and provide a way to avoid it (but
> still get the other CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE behavior).

You are removing functionality that is in active use by a number of
boards, without providing any replacement, i. e. you are breaking a
number of boards.

Do you think this is a good idea?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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