On 10/21/2015 08:54 AM, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>
>
> On 21/10/15 13:46, Peter Hurley wrote:
>> On 10/21/2015 04:58 AM, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>>> On 21/10/15 06:09, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>>>> I think there exist two ways to specify the console port and baudrate.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [1] Specify console in bootargs
>>>>
>>>> chosen {
>>>> bootargs = "console=ttyS0,115200";
>>>> };
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [2] Specify stdout-path
>>>>
>>>> chosen {
>>>> stdout-path = "serial0:115200n8";
>>>
>>> This will work for even early/boot console, so this is better than
>>> option [1]
>>
>> Be aware that options specified via /chosen/stdout-path are
>> currently ignored by earlycon. There were some hiccups getting the
>> initial support upstream; when 4.4 hits mainline, I'll resubmit
>> my series that implements the of_serial i/o properties and
>> options passthrough to earlycon setup.
>>
>
> Yes I am aware of that.
The others to which my email was addressed might not know that.
> IIUC it's in -next now and works fine for me.
Well, the fix in -next doesn't actually do anything wrt earlycon baud
rate; those changes were part of a larger series that depends on
the fix in -next.
Regards,
Peter Hurley
> But having stdout-path in the DTS won't hinder normal console in anyway.
> So I prefer it even without the patch you are referring(to support early
> console parsing stdout-path)
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