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On 4/15/22 02:08, Peter Kjellerstedt wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org <openembedded-
>> core@lists.openembedded.org> On Behalf Of Markus Niebel
>> Sent: den 11 april 2022 17:07
>> To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
>> Subject: [OE-core] bitbake.conf: reason for assignment of deprecated
>> variable
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> with the deprecation of SERIAL_CONSOLE the following was introduced in
>> bitbake.conf:
>>
>> 3f0d665384e6d1b7aa2854a9cc4f13e0961bacb7 (bitbake.conf: set
>> SERIAL_CONSOLES from SERIAL_CONSOLE by default)
>>
>> Since this is done after inclusion of local.conf and <machine>.conf any
>> weak default done for a System-on-Module / CPU will be overwritten. Is 
>> this just by forgetting to remove these lines after the deprecation or 
>> is there still a reason to keep this as is?
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Markus Niebel
> Given that it is almost ten years since SERIAL_CONSOLE was deprecated, 
> it might be time to actually remove it soon...


I agree, and this would allow to simplify documentation too.
Markus, would you like to submit a patch to openembedded-core?
Good catch by the way!
Thanks
Michael.

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Michael Opdenacker, Bootlin
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