Re: [PATCH] Documentation: admin-guide: add earlycon documentation for RISC-V

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Thu Oct 10 2019 - 03:10:31 EST


On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 9:53 PM Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Kernels booting on RISC-V can specify "earlycon" with no options on
> the Linux command line, and the generic DT earlycon support will query
> the "chosen/stdout-path" property (if present) to determine which
> early console device to use. Document this appropriately in the
> admin-guide.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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