[Skiboot] [PATCH] Set boot consoles to be used by the bootloader

Joel Stanley joel at jms.id.au
Wed Mar 9 11:20:56 AEDT 2016


On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Sam Mendoza-Jonas <sam at mendozajonas.com> wrote:
> If nothing is specified on the kernel command line the boot console will
> only be displayed on hvc0 by default.
> Specify both tty0 and hvc0 so that the boot console can also be seen on
> the VGA device if it is available.

> Technically this could also be done by patching it to be the default
> in the kernel (ie. a patch in op-build) but this seems to be a cleaner
> way of setting it for any bootloader we may have.
> Tested on a Habanero and Tuleta machine, although I don't have a monitor
> attached to any Tuletas at the moment.

Where/how does hvc0 added as an output before this change?

It would be cool if the kernel had a console=all option.

Cheers,

Joel


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