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Date:   Wed, 9 Oct 2019 07:31:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: admin-guide: add earlycon documentation
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Hi Geert,

On Wed, 9 Oct 2019, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 12:06 PM Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> wrote:
> > On Okt 09 2019, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > > I believe risc-v is DT-only, so if chosen/stdout-path is set up
> >
> > If.  Currently, it isn't.
> 
> IC. So isn't it better to fix that, instead of pointing people to more obscure
> legacy solutions?

There's nothing that's RISC-V specific about the SiFive serial IP or 
its driver.  So the issue of whether RISC-V is DT-only or not probably 
shouldn't impact whether we document that the SiFive serial driver 
supports earlycon.

best regards,

- Paul