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Re: [PATCH] KDB for ppc64 - write to OF stdout instead of console

To: ananth@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KDB for ppc64 - write to OF stdout instead of console
From: Keith Owens <kaos@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 12:11:04 +1000
Cc: anton@xxxxxxxxx, kdb@xxxxxxxxxxx, linuxppc64-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, olof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, vosburgh@xxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 18 May 2004 19:07:54 +0500." <20040518140754.GA19828@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sender: kdb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx
On Tue, 18 May 2004 19:07:54 +0500, 
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi Anton,
>
>KDB on ppc64 currently reads input from the OF-stdout (udbg_getc_poll)
>while the output (kdb_printf) is through the registered consoles. This
>leads to problems when working on LPAR mode, where, input is accepted
>through the hmc vterm while output is displayed on the serial console.
>
>Patch inlined removes KDB's dependency on consoles completely for I/O.
>With this patch, we use the OF stdout for both input and output. 
>
>This should fix the KDB configuration/usage confusions on ppc64 for 
>both LPAR and non-LPAR modes.
>
>Please apply!

Added to my kdb v4.4 tree.

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