| Message ID | 1362430155-22537-1-git-send-email-luis.henriques@canonical.com |
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 65f25d7..912785c 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -570,6 +570,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address, switching to the matching ttyS device later. The options are the same as for ttyS, above. + hvc<n> Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for + both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors. If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled doc, kernel-parameters: Document 'console=hvc<n>' to the linux-3.5.y-queue branch of the 3.5.y.z extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.5.y-queue If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.5.y.z tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Luis ------ From c9c631ab9742b183433bf1cb0c18a86c794b143a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:54:09 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] doc, kernel-parameters: Document 'console=hvc<n>' commit a2fd6419174470f5ae6383f5037d0ee21ed9833f upstream. 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 Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) -- 1.8.1.2