On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 3:35 PM, Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Feb 25, 2016, at 15:43 , Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> It also means there is no way to get the console up without the right >> firmware files in the filesystem. I think that is really crap compared >> to what we have today where the display will always come up, and >> basically a regression. >> >> I understand the stance with respect to things like add-on hardware >> like a Bluetooth board or WLAN or whatnot. But the fbdev console >> is just too basic, like a serial port IMO. >> >> Sure in the ARM world we usually have a serial console, but this is >> seriously breaking current practice. > > As Tomi mentioned firmware files can be located in the kernel image; there is no > requirement to be in a filesystem, and that application can be performed really > early, before even early init. Are you thinking about exploiting an appended DT with CONFIG_ARM_APPENDED_DTB or something else? Yours, Linus Walleij -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fbdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
