[PATCH] Revert "of: Fix premature bootconsole disable with 'stdout-path'"

Peter Hurley peter at hurleysoftware.com
Wed Mar 18 07:46:33 AEDT 2015


This reverts commit 2fa645cb2703d9b3786d850db815414dfeefa51d.

The assumption that at least 1 preferred console will be registered
when the stdout-path property is set is invalid, which can result
in _no_ consoles.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter at hurleysoftware.com>
---
 drivers/of/base.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index adb8764..8b904e5 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -1893,10 +1893,8 @@ void of_alias_scan(void * (*dt_alloc)(u64 size, u64 align))
 			name = of_get_property(of_chosen, "linux,stdout-path", NULL);
 		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC) && !name)
 			name = of_get_property(of_aliases, "stdout", NULL);
-		if (name) {
+		if (name)
 			of_stdout = of_find_node_opts_by_path(name, &of_stdout_options);
-			add_preferred_console("stdout-path", 0, NULL);
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (!of_aliases)
-- 
2.3.3



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