[PATCH v5 04/10] ARM: dts: Fill in bootargs for exynos5250-snow

[Doug Anderson]

Andreas,

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Andreas Färber <afaerber at suse.de> wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> Am 01.08.2014 22:28, schrieb Doug Anderson:
>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Andreas Färber <afaerber at suse.de> wrote:
>>> exynos5250-cros-common.dtsi had an empty /chosen node.
>>> Fill in exemplary boot arguments.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Andreas Färber <afaerber at suse.de>
>>> ---
>>>  v5: New
>>>  Cleanup for /chosen node moved into -snow.dts.
>>>
>>>  arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-snow.dts | 1 +
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-snow.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-snow.dts
>>> index 7680d5e03fb3..c4b0c73c736d 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-snow.dts
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-snow.dts
>>> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
>>>         };
>>>
>>>         chosen {
>>> +               bootargs = "console=tty1";
>>
>> As mentioned earlier, I don't think this is a particularly useful
>> change.  Just this boot argument is not enough to boot with anyway, so
>> listing it doesn't really help anyone.  In theory you could make some
>> assertion about what the "most popular" boot device and filesystem is,
>> but it seems unlikely to cover the majority of the cases.
>>
>> I won't NAK this change myself, but I certainly won't push for it.
>
> This patch should be entirely optional.
>
> I believe you said it wasn't necessary because the bootloader supplies
> it. My point is that someone needs to know what to put into the bootargs
> (setenv / boot.scr / uEnv.txt) - knowing whether it's ttySAC3 vs.
> ttySAC2 vs. ttyS0 etc. has been pretty handy for me. In this case, Snow
> and Spring use an identical console, so not sure if it might be tty2 or
> something elsewhere?

...but in your case you're not including any of that info.  tty1 is a
LCD console, isn't it?


> My question of what to use for linux,stdout-path (which was elsewhere
> mentioned as successor to bootargs in that regard) remained unanswered.
> Should it point to the dp-controller node or what?

No idea since I've never heard of linux,stdout-path other than your
emails.  Maybe someone else can chime in and I'll learn something.  ;)

-Doug