On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 03:38:20PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote: > Hi Leif, > > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 8:43 PM, Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Support for configuring bootconsole and console via the ACPI tables > > DBG2 (Debug Port Table 2) [1] and SPCR (Serial Port Console Redirection > > Table) [2], defined by Microsoft, has been discussed on and off over the > > years. > > > > [1] https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn639131(v=vs.85).aspx > > [2] https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn639132(v=vs.85).aspx > > > > Licensing concerns have prevented this happening in the past, but as of > > 10 August 2015, these tables have both been released also under OWF 1.0 > > (http://www.openwebfoundation.org/legal/the-owf-1-0-agreements/owfa-1-0) > > which is think is noncontroversially GPL-compatible? > > > > This set is a first attempt at implementing this. > > From distribution view, the patchset looks very useful. > > I have one simple question, are there other candidates for conveying this kind > of information like what DBG2/SPCR does? Or are DBG2 and SPCR the > offical speficiations to do such things in ARM server industry? > They are mandated in the SBBR spec Graeme -- 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
