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From: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:48:12 -0500
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] [v2] powerpc: 'monitor' environment variable
 contains full video configuration
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Wolfgang Denk wrote:
>> > What is the standard mechanism for enabling the console on the video display?
>> > From what I can tell, if video_hw_init() returns non-NULL, then the console is
>> > set to the video display, regardless as to what the "stdout" environment
>> > variable says.

> That's the default. Users can overwrite it, for example in "preboot".
> See also CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE

Then I'm confused, because video_hw_init() is what configures and enables the
video display.  So if that function succeeds (i.e. returns non-NULL), then
U-Boot will put the console onto the video display.  You said you wanted me to
implement some mechanism where I enable the display, based on the value of the
video-mode variable, without putting console on the display.  However, from you
just said, it appears that this mechanism already exists.

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale