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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-06-03 09:01:02 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-06-03 09:01:02 -0700
commit49eb7b0750d9483c74e9c14ae6ea1e9d62481c3c (patch)
tree68f76b18328d070a4b5182f9ed82c2134cae16d2 /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
parent5142c33ed86acbcef5c63a63d2b7384b9210d39f (diff)
parent9ce4f8f3f45443922c98e25133b8c9790fc7949a (diff)
Merge tag 'tty-3.16-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty into next
Pull tty/serial driver updates from Greg KH: "Here is the big tty / serial driver pull request for 3.16-rc1. A variety of different serial driver fixes and updates and additions, nothing huge, and no real major core tty changes at all. All have been in linux-next for a while" * tag 'tty-3.16-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty: (84 commits) Revert "serial: imx: remove the DMA wait queue" serial: kgdb_nmi: Improve console integration with KDB I/O serial: kgdb_nmi: Switch from tasklets to real timers serial: kgdb_nmi: Use container_of() to locate private data serial: cpm_uart: No LF conversion in put_poll_char() serial: sirf: Fix compilation failure console: Remove superfluous readonly check console: Use explicit pointer type for vc_uni_pagedir* fields vgacon: Fix & cleanup refcounting ARM: tty: Move HVC DCC assembly to arch/arm tty/hvc/hvc_console: Fix wakeup of HVC thread on hvc_kick() drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c: replace kmalloc/memset by kzalloc vt: emulate 8- and 24-bit colour codes. printk/of_serial: fix serial console cessation part way through boot. serial: 8250_dma: check the result of TX buffer mapping serial: uart: add hw flow control support configuration tty/serial: at91: add interrupts for modem control lines tty/serial: at91: use mctrl_gpio helpers tty/serial: Add GPIOLIB helpers for controlling modem lines ARM: at91: gpio: implement get_direction ...
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@@ -883,6 +883,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
which are not unmapped.
earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options.
+
uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
@@ -892,6 +893,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32).
The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
+ pl011,<addr>
+ Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial
+ port at the specified address. The pl011 serial port
+ must already be setup and configured. Options are not
+ yet supported.
+
+ smh Use ARM semihosting calls for early console.
+
earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM,M68k]
earlyprintk=vga
earlyprintk=efi