| To: | William Jhun <wjhun@Oswego.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] ip22 console selection fixes |
| From: | Florian Lohoff <flo@rfc822.org> |
| Date: | Tue, 17 Sep 2002 21:28:33 +0200 |
| Cc: | linux-mips@linux-mips.org |
| In-reply-to: | <Pine.SOL.4.30.0209170504320.23947-100000@rocky.oswego.edu> |
| Organization: | rfc822 - pure communication |
| Original-recipient: | rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org |
| References: | <Pine.SOL.4.30.0209170504320.23947-100000@rocky.oswego.edu> |
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On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 05:11:21AM -0400, William Jhun wrote:
> This patch fixes some problems in selecting which console to use on the
> ip22s.
>
> - Replace unobvious ttyS with arc for the arc console device name
> - If ARC var console=d*, use serial. If 'g', use Newport only. If
> neither or not set, default to ARC. Old code was disabling ARC
> console and using serial console if CONFIG_ARC_CONSOLE was set. (why?!)
> - ArcGetEnvironmentVariable() can conceivably return NULL, so don't
> blindly dereference.
I would rather like to see the whole ARC console stuff die - There will
never be any REAL ARC console usable in userspace - You can only
redirect kernel output there but has always seem to be unstable.
Flo
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Florian Lohoff flo@rfc822.org +49-5201-669912
Heisenberg may have been here.
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