On 09/22/2010 08:12 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
quoted text
> Can somebody explain the differences between
> 
> 	earlycon=uart,...
> 	earlycon=uart8250,...
> 	earlyprintk=serial,...
> 	console=uart,...
> 	console=uart8250,...
> 
> I'm not really convinced we need them all, and it's getting a
> little confusing.
> 

Some of them come from the embedded industry, where it's felt that you
have to be able to specify the exact parameters because there are no
standards, and some come from the PC world where "serial port 0" is a
well-defined concept and noone wants to bloody call it "uart8250,0x3f8".

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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