Because setup_earlycon() continues to attempt console registration if an error occurred parsing the option string, the actual value of the error code from parse_options() is ignored. Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c b/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c index 0480c8f..da5e8c8 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c @@ -114,9 +114,8 @@ int __init setup_earlycon(char *buf, const char *match, buf += len + 1; - err = parse_options(&early_console_dev, buf); /* On parsing error, pass the options buf to the setup function */ - if (!err) + if (!parse_options(&early_console_dev, buf)) buf = NULL; port->uartclk = BASE_BAUD * 16; -- 2.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html