[RFC/PATCH 2/3] of: add of_lookup_stdout() utility function

[Grant Likely]

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 12:32 AM, David Miller <davem at davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:02:44 -0600
>
>> of_lookup_stdout() is useful for figuring out what device to use as output
>> for early boot progress messages.  It returns the node pointed to by the
>> linux,stdout-path property in the chosen node.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
>
> On sparc platforms this is obtained differently.  We obtain the 32-bit
> instance value of "/chosen/stdout" and convert that into a prom device
> node path using "instance-to-path".

How about if I modify it to try both methods?

g.

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Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.