3.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> commit a2fd6419174470f5ae6383f5037d0ee21ed9833f upstream. Both the PowerPC hypervisor and Xen hypervisor can utilize the hvc driver. Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1361825650-14031-3-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -557,6 +557,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address, switching to the matching ttyS device later. The options are the same as for ttyS, above. + hvc<n> Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for + both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors. If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html