Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:29:19 +0200 | From | Bastian Blank <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] powerpc/lpar - defer prefered console setup |
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 08:23:13AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:34:51PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 20:56 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > * add_preferred_console - add a device to the list of preferred consoles. > > ... > > * The last preferred console added will be used for kernel messages > > * and stdin/out/err for init. > > > > The last console will be added by the console= parsing, and so that will > > be used. The console we add in the pseries setup is only used if nothing > > is specified on the command line. > > Okay, then there is a completely different problem. In the case of > "console=hvc0 console=hvc1" it uses the _first_ add stdin/out bla and > ignores the second one completely.
Okay, so hvc_console is the culprit. It don't register a preferred console if it knows it is not the first in the list.
Bastian
-- Intuition, however illogical, is recognized as a command prerogative. -- Kirk, "Obsession", stardate 3620.7
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