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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "of: Fix premature bootconsole disable with
 'stdout-path'"
From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
To: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
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On Tue, 2015-03-17 at 16:46 -0400, Peter Hurley wrote:
> This reverts commit 2fa645cb2703d9b3786d850db815414dfeefa51d.
> 
> The assumption that at least 1 preferred console will be registered
> when the stdout-path property is set is invalid, which can result
> in _no_ consoles.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>

Grant/Rob, in case you didn't see it, this has caused a panic on at least one
powerpc box. So would be nice if it could go in for 4.0.

cheers