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authorKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>2013-02-25 15:54:09 -0500
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2013-02-25 16:42:15 -0500
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doc, kernel-parameters: Document 'console=hvc<n>'
Both the PowerPC hypervisor and Xen hypervisor can utilize the hvc driver. Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1361825650-14031-3-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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564 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address, 564 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
565 switching to the matching ttyS device later. The 565 switching to the matching ttyS device later. The
566 options are the same as for ttyS, above. 566 options are the same as for ttyS, above.
567 hvc<n> Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
568 both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
567 569
568 If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille 570 If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
569 device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance 571 device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance