Re: [PATCH v2] console: Don't prefer first registered if DT specifies stdout-path

From: Paul Burton
Date: Mon Oct 17 2016 - 06:34:50 EST


On Sunday, 16 October 2016 20:07:18 BST Andreas Schwab wrote:
> On Aug 09 2016, Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Fix this by not automatically preferring the first registered console if
> > one is specified by the device tree. This allows consoles to be
> > registered but not enabled, and once the driver for the console selected
> > by stdout-path calls of_console_check() the driver will be added to the
> > list of preferred consoles before any other console has been enabled.
> > When that console is then registered via register_console() it will be
> > enabled as expected.
>
> This breaks the console on PowerMac. There is no output and it panics
> eventually.
>
> Andreas.

Hi Andreas,

Could you share the device tree from your system?

Thanks,
Paul

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