On 18 September 2012 15:37, Jassi Brar <jaswinder.si...@linaro.org> wrote: > On 18 September 2012 12:09, Maximilian Schwerin > <maximilian.schwe...@tigris.de> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have been convinced that my patch for disabling the message >> "Uncompressing linux..." on kernel start was not all that good an idea. >> As the problem still remains an issue for me and I'd like to find a fix >> for everyone I'd like to ask for pointers where or how to fix this. >> >> To sum up my problem: I'm using the primary serial port on an OMAP3 as a >> debug console for development. In production we set the u-boot silent >> option which disables all kernel logging to this serial port. The only >> kernel message that remains is "Uncompressing linux..." at the very >> beginning. As we connect an external device via this port in production >> environments this is not acceptable. >> > Perhaps adding config choice under "Kernel low-level debugging port", > to select the UART port to direct the early prints to, would help. > Like some platforms already do. See DEBUG_CLPS711X_UART1/2 , > DEBUG_MSM_UART1/2/3 etc.
On a second thought, I think we need a new config independent of DEBUG_LL. Something like what Samsung code does with symbol S3C_LOWLEVEL_UART_PORT in arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
