From 7479d5dd8b13e8b75e7233d094bca7b1935b9914 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:54:09 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] doc, kernel-parameters: Document 'console=hvc' commit a2fd6419174470f5ae6383f5037d0ee21ed9833f upstream. Both the PowerPC hypervisor and Xen hypervisor can utilize the hvc driver. Cc: Greg KH Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1361825650-14031-3-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 4a4cff80ecf0..ddbf18eaaea4 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -552,6 +552,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address, switching to the matching ttyS device later. The options are the same as for ttyS, above. + hvc Use the hypervisor console device . This is for + both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors. If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance -- 2.39.2