hvc_vio: Do not override preferred console set by kernel parameter

The original version of this was done by Bastian Blank, who wrote:

> The problem is the following:
> - Architecture specific code sets preferred console to something bogus.
> - Command line handling tries to set preferred console but is overruled
>   by the old setting.
>
> The udbg0 console is a boot console and independant.

References: http://bugs.debian.org/492703
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_vio.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_vio.c
index c791b18..b594abf 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_vio.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_vio.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include <asm/prom.h>
 #include <asm/hvsi.h>
 #include <asm/udbg.h>
+#include <asm/machdep.h>
 
 #include "hvc_console.h"
 
@@ -457,7 +458,9 @@ void __init hvc_vio_init_early(void)
        if (hvterm_priv0.proto == HV_PROTOCOL_HVSI)
                goto out;
 #endif
-       add_preferred_console("hvc", 0, NULL);
+       /* Check whether the user has requested a different console. */
+       if (!strstr(cmd_line, "console="))
+               add_preferred_console("hvc", 0, NULL);
        hvc_instantiate(0, 0, ops);
 out:
        of_node_put(stdout_node);