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    Revert "console: don't prefer first registered if DT specifies stdout-path" · c6c7d83b
    Hans de Goede authored
    This reverts commit 05fd007e ("console: don't prefer first
    registered if DT specifies stdout-path").
    
    The reverted commit changes existing behavior on which many ARM boards
    rely.  Many ARM small-board-computers, like e.g.  the Raspberry Pi have
    both a video output and a serial console.  Depending on whether the user
    is using the device as a more regular computer; or as a headless device
    we need to have the console on either one or the other.
    
    Many users rely on the kernel behavior of the console being present on
    both outputs, before the reverted commit the console setup with no
    console= kernel arguments on an ARM board which sets stdout-path in dt
    would look like this:
    
      [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/consoles
      ttyS0                -W- (EC p a)    4:64
      tty0                 -WU (E  p  )    4:1
    
    Where as after the reverted commit, it looks like this:
    
      [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/consoles
      ttyS0                -W- (EC p a)    4:64
    
    This commit reverts commit 05fd007e ("console: don't prefer first
    registered if DT specifies stdout-path") restoring the original
    behavior.
    
    Fixes: 05fd007e ("console: don't prefer first registered if DT specifies stdout-path")
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161104121135.4780-2-hdegoede@redhat.comSigned-off-by: default avatarHans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
    Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
    Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
    Cc: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
    Cc: Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@leemhuis.info>
    Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
    Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
    Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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