* Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [080917 13:33]: > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 09:57:25AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote: > > If any ATAGs are needed, such as for the serial console, it needs to > > be a generic ATAG for whole arch/arm. > > Why is it needed for serial console anyway? We already have a cross- > architecture way of defining the console - it's the 'console=' argument > given to the kernel at boot time via the argument string. In this case the hardware changes when the device is connected to a service jig. The serial port won't work without an external level converter that is on the jig. I guess console= could set UPF_DEAD or something similar for 8250.c to ignore that port rather than leave it out of the plat_serial8250_port. Regards, Tony -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
