Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:50:50 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [v4] tty/powerpc: introduce the ePAPR embedded hypervisor byte channel driver |
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On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 10:32:25AM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote: > The ePAPR embedded hypervisor specification provides an API for "byte > channels", which are serial-like virtual devices for sending and receiving > streams of bytes. This driver provides Linux kernel support for byte > channels via three distinct interfaces: > > 1) An early-console (udbg) driver. This provides early console output > through a byte channel. The byte channel handle must be specified in a > Kconfig option. > > 2) A normal console driver. Output is sent to the byte channel designated > for stdout in the device tree. The console driver is for handling kernel > printk calls. > > 3) A tty driver, which is used to handle user-space input and output. The > byte channel used for the console is designated as the default tty. > > Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
No, this doesn't work, I need just a fix, as I took your previous patch already.
greg k-h
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