Re: [RFC 1/5] of: Add support for ePAPR "stdout-path" property

[Grant Likely <grant.likely@linaro.org>]

On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 08:33:16 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-03-28 at 09:08 -0700, Grant Likely wrote:
> > ePAPR 1.1 defines the "stdout-path" property for specifying the console
> > device, but Linux currently only handles the older "linux,stdout-path"
> > property. This patch adds parsing for the new property name.
> 
> Generally a good idea I think, but of course I need time to review and
> test ... :-)
> 
> One thing that's been annoying me lately with the existing code which
> you don't address is ... in a few cases my consoles are usable *VERY*
> early. For example PAPR hvc and OPAL hvc can be used before we even turn
> the MMU on on powerpc (and thus before we unflatten the device-tree).
> 
> It would be nice to be able to have the console going that early,
> unfortunately that would imply using the flat device-tree for the
> parsing / matching of the stdout-path in those drivers.

I think we can get that done. Rob's series goes a long way to that, and
I don't think the flattree parsing will be all that complex.

g.