Re: [PATCH] Revert "of: Fix premature bootconsole disable with 'stdout-path'"

From: Rob Herring
Date: Wed Mar 18 2015 - 09:06:28 EST


On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 11:47 PM, Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 2015-03-17 at 16:46 -0400, Peter Hurley wrote:
>> This reverts commit 2fa645cb2703d9b3786d850db815414dfeefa51d.
>>
>> The assumption that at least 1 preferred console will be registered
>> when the stdout-path property is set is invalid, which can result
>> in _no_ consoles.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Grant/Rob, in case you didn't see it, this has caused a panic on at least one
> powerpc box. So would be nice if it could go in for 4.0.

Yes, I'm well aware of it and it will go in this week.

Rob
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