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From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date:   Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:21:44 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: core: Use cons->index for preferred console registration
To:     Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>
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On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 11:19 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 4:29 PM Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com> wrote:
> > The reason for this patch is xilinx_uartps driver which create one dynamic
> > instance per IP with unique major and minor combinations. drv->nr is in
> > this case all the time setup to 1. That means that uport->line is all the
> > time setup to 0 and drv->tty_driver->name_base is doing shift in name to
> > for example ttyPS3.
> >
> > register_console() is looping over console_cmdline array and looking for
> > proper name/index combination which is in our case ttyPS/3.
> > That's why every instance of driver needs to be registered with proper
> > combination of name/number (ttyPS/3). Using uport->line is doing
> > registration with ttyPS/0 which is wrong that's why proper console index
> > should be used which is in cons->index field.
> >
> > Also it is visible that recording console should be done based on
> > information about console not about the port but in most cases numbers are
> > the same and xilinx_uartps is only one exception now.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>
>
> This is now commit 91daae03188e0dd1 ("serial: core: Use cons->index
> for preferred console registration") in tty-next.
>
> This has been bisected to break the serial console on (at least)
> r8a7791/koelsch and r8a7795/h3-salvator-xs.
>
> The line "printk: console [ttySC0] enabled" is no longer printed.

s/is no longer printed/no longer appears in the kernel log/, of course.

> The system continues booting without any serial console output, and the
> login prompt never appears on the serial console.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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