From: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2] serial: Make nulldev a serial device
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 02:37:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201211030237.06163.marex@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1351806388-27322-2-git-send-email-joe.hershberger@ni.com>
Dear Joe Hershberger,
> This allows the default console to be specified as the nulldev. This is
> specifically helpful when the real serial console's init() cannot run
> early in the boot process. When the init can be run, then the console
> can be switched to the real device using the std* env vars.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>
Isn't it actually better to have null stdio device? Some systems might not even
use serial port (and so null serial will be useless on these systems)!
[...]
Best regards,
Marek Vasut
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-03 1:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-01 21:46 [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] serial: Remove the "serial" console device Joe Hershberger
2012-11-01 21:46 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2] serial: Make nulldev a serial device Joe Hershberger
2012-11-03 1:37 ` Marek Vasut [this message]
2012-11-05 0:24 ` Joe Hershberger
2012-11-05 23:10 ` Marek Vasut
2012-11-06 0:01 ` Joe Hershberger
2012-11-06 0:47 ` Marek Vasut
2012-11-06 1:00 ` Joe Hershberger
2012-11-06 1:11 ` Marek Vasut
2012-11-03 1:35 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] serial: Remove the "serial" console device Marek Vasut
2012-11-05 0:20 ` Joe Hershberger
2012-11-05 23:11 ` Marek Vasut
2012-11-05 23:45 ` Joe Hershberger
2012-11-05 23:55 ` Marek Vasut
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