Console name reported in /proc/consoles:
ttyS1 -W- (EC p ) 4:65
does not match the char device name:
crw--w---- 1 root root 4, 65 May 17 12:18 /dev/ttysclp0
so debian-installer inside a QEMU s390x instance gets confused and fails
to start with the following error:
steal-ctty: No such file or directory
Signed-off-by: Valentin Vidic <vvidic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: also update preferred console for VT220 case
arch/s390/kernel/setup.c | 2 +-
drivers/s390/char/sclp_vt220.c | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index 72134f9f6ff5..3ec6ca9c26c0 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static void __init set_preferred_console(void)
else if (CONSOLE_IS_3270)
add_preferred_console("tty3270", 0, NULL);
else if (CONSOLE_IS_VT220)
- add_preferred_console("ttyS", 1, NULL);
+ add_preferred_console("ttysclp", 0, NULL);
else if (CONSOLE_IS_HVC)
add_preferred_console("hvc", 0, NULL);
}
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_vt220.c b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_vt220.c
index 047f812d1a1c..71ed1bf15598 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_vt220.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_vt220.c
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
#define SCLP_VT220_MINOR 65
#define SCLP_VT220_DRIVER_NAME "sclp_vt220"
#define SCLP_VT220_DEVICE_NAME "ttysclp"
-#define SCLP_VT220_CONSOLE_NAME "ttyS"
-#define SCLP_VT220_CONSOLE_INDEX 1 /* console=ttyS1 */
+#define SCLP_VT220_CONSOLE_NAME "ttysclp"
+#define SCLP_VT220_CONSOLE_INDEX 0 /* console=ttysclp0 */
/* Representation of a single write request */
struct sclp_vt220_request {
--
2.20.1
