Which is better to specify console, "console= " or "stdout-path" ?

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wednesday 21 October 2015 14:09:42 Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> 
> I think there exist two ways to specify the console port and baudrate.
> 
> 
> [1] Specify console in bootargs
> 
>   chosen {
>         bootargs = "console=ttyS0,115200";
>   };
> 
> 
> [2] Specify stdout-path
> 
>    chosen {
>          stdout-path = "serial0:115200n8";
>    };
> 
> 
> 
> Now I have both in my DTS, but it is redundant.
> 
> So, I want to select either [1] or [2].
> 
> 
> Which is a preferable way?
> 

stdout-path is better. It took us a while to get that implemented
on arm32, but now that it works, we should all use it.

	Arnd