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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -713,10 +713,18 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
+ uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
+ uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
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.
+ switching to the matching ttyS device later.
+ MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
+ (mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32).
+ If none of [io|mmio|mmio32], <addr> is assumed to be
+ equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in the
+ same format described for ttyS above; if unspecified,
+ the h/w is not re-initialized.
+
hvc<n> Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
@@ -950,11 +958,15 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
+ uart[8250],0x<addr>[,options]
Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
MMIO inter-register address stride is either 8-bit
(mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32).
- The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
+ If none of [io|mmio|mmio32], <addr> is assumed to be
+ equivalent to 'mmio'. 'options' are specified in the
+ same format described for "console=ttyS<n>"; if
+ unspecified, the h/w is not initialized.
pl011,<addr>
Start an early, polled-mode console on a pl011 serial