Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] printk: Add match_devname_and_update_preferred_console()

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On Tue 2024-06-18 07:54:49, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> Let's add match_devname_and_update_preferred_console() for driver
> subsystems to call during init when the console is ready, and it's
> character device name is known. For now, we use it only for the serial
> layer to allow console=DEVNAME:0.0 style hardware based addressing for
> consoles.
> 
> The earlier attempt on doing this caused a regression with the kernel
> command line console order as it added calling __add_preferred_console()
> again later on during init. A better approach was suggested by Petr where
> we add the deferred console to the console_cmdline[] and update it later
> on when the console is ready.
> 
> Suggested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony.lindgren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good and fixes the regression:

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>

Best Regards,
Petr




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