Re: [PATCH v2] console: use first console if stdout-path device doesn't appear

[Larry Finger]

On 10/31/2016 07:14 AM, Paul Burton wrote:
> If a device tree specified a preferred device for kernel console output
> via the stdout-path or linux,stdout-path chosen node properties there's
> no guarantee that it will have specified a device for which we have a
> driver. It may also be the case that we do have a driver but it doesn't
> call of_console_check() to register as a preferred console (eg. offb
> driver as used on powermac systems). In these cases try to ensure that
> we provide some console output by enabling the first usable registered
> console, which we keep track of with the of_fallback_console variable.
>
> Tested in QEMU with a PowerPC pseries_defconfig kernel.

The patch fails to fix my real PowerPC. I still get a kernel panic for an 
attempt to kill init. This first test was done with 4.9-rc2. I am in the process 
of updating to -rc3 to see if that changes anything. Later today when that build 
finishes, I will report those results.

Larry