* Russell King - ARM Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080917 13:33]:
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 09:57:25AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > If any ATAGs are needed, such as for the serial console, it needs to
> > be a generic ATAG for whole arch/arm.
> 
> Why is it needed for serial console anyway?  We already have a cross-
> architecture way of defining the console - it's the 'console=' argument
> given to the kernel at boot time via the argument string.

In this case the hardware changes when the device is connected to a
service jig. The serial port won't work without an external level
converter that is on the jig. I guess console= could set UPF_DEAD
or something similar for 8250.c to ignore that port rather than leave
it out of the plat_serial8250_port.

Regards,

Tony
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