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| author | Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> | 2013-02-25 15:54:09 -0500 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> | 2013-02-25 13:42:15 -0800 |
| commit | a2fd6419174470f5ae6383f5037d0ee21ed9833f (patch) | |
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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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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index c4cc199e32cb..986614df8c05 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -564,6 +564,8 @@ 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 |
