Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:14:09 -0500 | From | Christopher Covington <> | Subject | Re: [RFC 0/5] console/acpi: add DBG2 and SPCR console configuration |
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Hi,
On 09/08/2015 08:43 AM, Leif Lindholm 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. > > Submitting as an RFC since the SPCR handling currently depends on the > console driver being initialized after subsystem initcalls. Workaround > to enable testing surrounding infrastructure in 5/5, _really_ not > intended to be merged. > (Suggestions for acceptable ways of working around this appreciated.)
What's required for this to graduate from RFC status? Is anyone working on it?
Thanks, Christopher Covington
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