Re: Specifying the console device using an alias

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On 14 August 2014 21:42, Simon Glass <sjg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In U-Boot we currently specify the console device (typically serial)
> using something like:
>
> aliases {
>    console = "/serial@1234";
> }
>
> But the question has come up as to whether this should be done another
> way. I see the "linux.stdout" property in the /chosen node.
>
> I am concerned that making use of the /chosen node in U-Boot might
> confuse a lot of people, since this node is normally used to provide
> selections for the OS to use when booting. If we did use /chosen, then
> linux,stdout seems plain wrong but perhaps u-boot,stdout could be used
> instead.
>
> Does anyone have an opinion about this? It would be good to work this
> out soon before it proliferates into more code.
>
> Regards,
> Simon
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