Re: configuring console to use a different UART

[Jun Sun <jsun@mvista.com>]

On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 02:42:13PM -0800, Prashant Viswanathan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> How can I change the kernel so that it uses the UART I specify for the
> console instead of the first available one? I dont want to pass this on the
> bootline but want to compile this into vmlinux.
> 

With 2.6, set CONFIG_CMDLINE with something like:

console=ttyS1,38400

With 2.4, add (strcpy or strcat) the above string to your arcs_cmdline 
defined by your specific board code.

Jun