On 18 September 2012 12:09, Maximilian Schwerin <Maximilian.Schwerin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been convinced that my patch for disabling the message > "Uncompressing linux..." on kernel start was not all that good an idea. > As the problem still remains an issue for me and I'd like to find a fix > for everyone I'd like to ask for pointers where or how to fix this. > > To sum up my problem: I'm using the primary serial port on an OMAP3 as a > debug console for development. In production we set the u-boot silent > option which disables all kernel logging to this serial port. The only > kernel message that remains is "Uncompressing linux..." at the very > beginning. As we connect an external device via this port in production > environments this is not acceptable. > Perhaps adding config choice under "Kernel low-level debugging port", to select the UART port to direct the early prints to, would help. Like some platforms already do. See DEBUG_CLPS711X_UART1/2 , DEBUG_MSM_UART1/2/3 etc. -- 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