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Documentation: document earlycon without options for more platforms

Message ID 20190916070316.7371-1-hch@lst.de (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series Documentation: document earlycon without options for more platforms | expand

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Christoph Hellwig Sept. 16, 2019, 7:03 a.m. UTC
The earlycon options without arguments is supposed on all device
tree platforms, not just arm64.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 ++++------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Comments

Randy Dunlap Sept. 16, 2019, 3:25 p.m. UTC | #1
On 9/16/19 12:03 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> The earlycon options without arguments is supposed on all device

                                         is supposed to work on all device

> tree platforms, not just arm64.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

I would add a comma, but that can be up to Jon.

Thanks.

> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 ++++------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 4c1971960afa..fe81d8922edd 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -977,12 +977,10 @@
>  
>  	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
>  
> -			[ARM64] The early console is determined by the
> -			stdout-path property in device tree's chosen node,
> -			or determined by the ACPI SPCR table.
> -
> -			[X86] When used with no options the early console is
> -			determined by the ACPI SPCR table.
> +			When used with no options the early console is
			                  options,

> +			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
> +			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
> +			the platform.
>  
>  		cdns,<addr>[,options]
>  			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence
>
Jonathan Corbet Oct. 1, 2019, 1:14 p.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:03:16 +0200
Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> wrote:

> The earlycon options without arguments is supposed on all device
> tree platforms, not just arm64.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 ++++------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Applied (finally), thanks.

jon
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 4c1971960afa..fe81d8922edd 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -977,12 +977,10 @@ 
 
 	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
 
-			[ARM64] The early console is determined by the
-			stdout-path property in device tree's chosen node,
-			or determined by the ACPI SPCR table.
-
-			[X86] When used with no options the early console is
-			determined by the ACPI SPCR table.
+			When used with no options the early console is
+			determined by stdout-path property in device tree's
+			chosen node or the ACPI SPCR table if supported by
+			the platform.
 
 		cdns,<addr>[,options]
 			Start an early, polled-mode console on a Cadence