Re: [patch] Fixes and cleanups for earlyprintk aka boot console.

[Paul Mackerras]

Gerd Hoffmann writes:

> This patch fixes the console selection code to *not* consider a boot
> console a full-featured one, so the first non-boot console registering
> will become the default console instead.  This way the unregister call
> for the boot console in the register_console() function actually
> triggers and the handover from the boot console to the real console
> device works smoothly.  Added a printk for the handover, so you know
> which console device the output goes to when the boot console stops
> printing messages.

You have removed functionality that is useful for debugging, that 3
architectures had, namely a way to keep using the early boot console
and not replace it with a console that comes later, using a kernel
command line option.  Perhaps you could provide a way to do that in
your patch.

Paul.

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