Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756575AbYJQQFx (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:05:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755011AbYJQQFo (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:05:44 -0400 Received: from willie.n0ano.com ([64.66.241.76]:41839 "EHLO xolotl.n0ano.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754670AbYJQQFn (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:05:43 -0400 From: n0ano@n0ano.com Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:05:27 -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: <20081017160527.GI14490@xolotl.n0ano.com> References: <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> <20081017024544.GB9378@xolotl.n0ano.com> <86802c440810162032i25d7af9dk6fb8782b534e16d1@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86802c440810162032i25d7af9dk6fb8782b534e16d1@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: 871 Lines: 25 On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 08:32:53PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote: >... > you want to remove earlycon from Documenatation/kernel-parameters.txt? > > YH I want to remove the documentation and also remove the code associated with the earlycon `parameter`. I absolutely want to keep the early printk capability but that should be controlled by the `console' parameter, there's no need for a separate `earlycon' parameter. I am against code bloat and putting extra code in the kernel to support unneeded parameters is just a waste. -- 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/