Kernels booting on RISC-V can specify "earlycon" with no options on the Linux command line, and the generic DT earlycon support will query the "chosen/stdout-path" property (if present) to determine which early console device to use. Document this appropriately in the admin-guide. Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxx> --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index c7ac2f3ac99f..011fee969ece 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -990,6 +990,10 @@ [X86] When used with no options the early console is determined by the ACPI SPCR table. + [RISCV] When used with no options, the early + console is determined by the stdout-path + property in the device tree's chosen node. + cdns,<addr>[,options] Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence (xuartps) serial port at the specified address. Only -- 2.23.0
