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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] usb: dbc: early driver for xhci debug capability
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 12:32:58 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1611121231370.3501@nanos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5826C626.4010600@linux.intel.com>

On Sat, 12 Nov 2016, Lu Baolu wrote:
> On 11/11/2016 08:28 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > Again, a UART rules. Make a virtual UART in hardware, that'd be totally
> > awesome. This thing, I'm not convinced its worth having.
> 
> This is the initial work. It helps at least in cases where people need
> to dump kernel messages but lacking of a console. It's also a cheap
> way, people don't need to buy any third-party devices.
> 
> With more and more people trying and enhancing it, it will become
> more robust and helpful.

Well, not really. The hardware does not allow you what an UART allows you
to do and never will, no matter how many people are trying to enhance the
software part of it.

Thanks,

	tglx

  reply	other threads:[~2016-11-12 11:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-01  4:59 [PATCH v4 0/4] usb: early: add support for early printk through USB3 debug port Lu Baolu
2016-11-01  4:59 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] usb: dbc: early driver for xhci debug capability Lu Baolu
2016-11-09  9:23   ` Thomas Gleixner
2016-11-10  1:13     ` Lu Baolu
2016-11-09  9:37   ` Thomas Gleixner
2016-11-10  1:20     ` Lu Baolu
2016-11-10  8:56       ` Thomas Gleixner
2016-11-10 11:44         ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-11-11  4:33           ` Lu Baolu
2016-11-11 12:28             ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-11-12  7:35               ` Lu Baolu
2016-11-12 11:32                 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2016-11-11  2:24         ` Lu Baolu
2016-11-11  2:49           ` Lu Baolu
2016-11-01  4:59 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] x86: add support for earlyprintk via USB3 debug port Lu Baolu
2016-11-01  4:59 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] usb: serial: usb_debug: add support for dbc debug device Lu Baolu
2016-11-01  4:59 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] usb: doc: add document for USB3 debug port usage Lu Baolu

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