If two same type of console is used in command line, kernel picks up the first registered one instead of the preferred one. The fix was proposed and NACK'ed due to a possible regression for other users. https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y+tziG0Uo5ey+Ocy@alley/ HVC sbi console makes it impossible to use virtio console which is preferred anyways. We could have disabled HVC console for TVMs but same kernel image must work on both host and the the guest. There are genuine reasons for requiring the hvc sbi cosnole for the host. Do not initialize the hvc console for the TVMs so that virtio console can be used. Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atishp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_riscv_sbi.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_riscv_sbi.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_riscv_sbi.c index 83cfe00..dee96c5 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_riscv_sbi.c +++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_riscv_sbi.c @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ #include <linux/moduleparam.h> #include <linux/types.h> +#include <asm/cove.h> #include <asm/sbi.h> #include "hvc_console.h" @@ -103,6 +104,10 @@ static int __init hvc_sbi_init(void) { int err; + /* Prefer virtio console as hvc console for guests */ + if (is_cove_guest()) + return 0; + if ((sbi_spec_version >= sbi_mk_version(1, 0)) && (sbi_probe_extension(SBI_EXT_DBCN) > 0)) { err = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(hvc_alloc(0, 0, &hvc_sbi_dbcn_ops, 16)); -- 2.25.1
