Re: rfc: remove early_printk from a few arches? (blackfin, m68k, mips)

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On Wed, 17 Dec 2014, Joe Perches wrote:
> It seems like early_printk can be configured into
> a few architectures but also appear not to be used.
> 
> $ git grep -w "early_printk"
...
> These seem to the only uses:
... 
> So blackfin, m68k, and mips seems to have it possible to enable,
> but also don't appear at first glance to use it,

Hint: CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK covers far more than early_printk()
 
> Is early_printk really used by these architectures?
> Should it be removed?

Sure, if you have a good reason to remove working functionality.

Thanks,

	tglx
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