Re: [PATCH] serial: pl011: add console matching function

[Timur Tabi]

On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 2:15 AM, Aleksey Makarov
<aleksey.makarov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This patch adds function pl011_console_match() that implements
> method match of struct console.  It allows to match consoles against
> data specified in a string, for example taken from command line or
> compiled by ACPI SPCR table handler.
>
> This patch was merged to tty-next but then reverted because of
> conflict with
>
> commit 46e36683f433 ("serial: earlycon: Extend earlycon command line option to support 64-bit addresses")
>
> Now it is fixed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aleksey Makarov <aleksey.makarov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Christopher Covington <cov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Is there any chance this fix will make it into 4.9?  It's been out for
over a month.

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