Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753584AbYJQCqQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:46:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752113AbYJQCqE (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:46:04 -0400 Received: from willie.n0ano.com ([64.66.241.76]:56511 "EHLO xolotl.n0ano.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752074AbYJQCqD (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:46:03 -0400 From: n0ano@n0ano.com Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:45:44 -0600 To: Yinghai Lu Cc: n0ano@n0ano.com, Paul Bolle , donald.d.dugger@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox Subject: Re: [PATCH] Enable console on PCI serial devices Message-ID: <20081017024544.GB9378@xolotl.n0ano.com> References: <86802c440810141539x97ceaa4meaab109fae3d9d4c@mail.gmail.com> <20081014233031.GB14490@xolotl.n0ano.com> <1224061999.25929.7.camel@test.thuisdomein> <20081015204850.GC14490@xolotl.n0ano.com> <1224153822.3587.23.camel@test.thuisdomein> <48F76A8B.6050306@kernel.org> <20081016171218.GD14490@xolotl.n0ano.com> <48F785B0.7000008@kernel.org> <20081016182556.GE14490@xolotl.n0ano.com> <86802c440810161130x304128faj6b1a1a6e1b90ed03@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86802c440810161130x304128faj6b1a1a6e1b90ed03@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 837 Lines: 21 On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:30:17AM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote: >... > but if someone don't need the switch from early console to normal console... > When would that ever be useful? I can understand wanting early printks and normal console printks going to the serial device. I can understand wanting neither to go to serial. I just don't see why you would ever want the early printks to go to serial and then stop using the serial for normal console printks, that just doesn't make sense. -- Don Dugger "Censeo Toto nos in Kansa esse decisse." - D. Gale n0ano@n0ano.com Ph: 303/443-3786 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/