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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt1
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c5
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 6fa7292947e..9107b387e91 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -671,6 +671,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN]
earlyprintk=vga
earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
+ earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
index 41fd965c80c..b9c830c12b4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -206,8 +206,11 @@ static int __init setup_early_printk(char *buf)
while (*buf != '\0') {
if (!strncmp(buf, "serial", 6)) {
- early_serial_init(buf + 6);
+ buf += 6;
+ early_serial_init(buf);
early_console_register(&early_serial_console, keep);
+ if (!strncmp(buf, ",ttyS", 5))
+ buf += 5;
}
if (!strncmp(buf, "ttyS", 4)) {
early_serial_init(buf + 4);