Re: [PATCH v2] earlycon: 8250: Fix command line regression

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On 04/03/2015 10:29 PM, Peter Hurley wrote:
> On 04/03/2015 10:19 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> Another regression.
>> when user have
>> console=uart8250,io,0x3f8 console=uart8250,io,0x2f8
>>
>> before your patchset:
>> port_0x3f8 is early console, and will be console later.
>> and port_0x2f8 is ignored, because only ONE early console is allowed.
>>        and old console setup, only handle ttyS0.
>>
>> after your patchset:
>> port_0x3f8 is early console, and will be console later.
>> port_0x2f8 will become default console, as new console with match method
>>    treat all uart8250 as ttyS0.
>>
>> Please fix that too.
> 
> That's a new feature, not a regression.

So, in all seriousness, you actually have this setup and want me to
fix this?

IOW, to support more than 1 earlycon in the future will require
using a totally different command line parameter. Awesome.

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