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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/misc/arm/early-printk.txt | 4 |
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diff --git a/docs/misc/arm/early-printk.txt b/docs/misc/arm/early-printk.txt index 10c30531f6..965add56b8 100644 --- a/docs/misc/arm/early-printk.txt +++ b/docs/misc/arm/early-printk.txt @@ -14,5 +14,9 @@ where mach is the name of the machine: The baud rate is hardcoded in xen/arch/arm/Rules.mk, see there when adding support for new machines. +If not explicitly requested with "EARLY_PRINTK_INIT_UART := y" in Rules.mk, +the code will not try to initialize the UART, so that bootloader or +firmware settings can be used for maximum compatibility. The baud rate +parameter is ignored in this case. By default early printk is disabled. |