[PPC] Remove "console=" from default kernel command line in yaboot.conf

[David Woodhouse]

On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 16:04 -0500, Jerone Young wrote:
> Currently I have been using IBM JS20 blades running SLOF firmware. The
> problem that I experience is after an install I have to boot the kernel
> on disk. In the yaboot.conf, if the kernel command line has
> "console=ttyS0" on it, I end up getting garbage messages through the
> serial link when the kernel boots. By booting a rescue image and
> removing this from the yaboot.conf and letting the kernel autodetect it
> works fine.
> 
> 1) Does anyone know why this is here? On x86 you don't specify console=
> why on power when it can detect it?

> 2) What situations is this needed for? It may no longer be needed for
> these situations?
> 
> 3) What tool adds this exactly (if anyone knows off head, before I
> look) ?

I believe the installer adds it when it decides that you have only a
serial console. Did you do the install through serial?

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