Re: [PATCH v2] printk: Remove console options before decoding the name

[David Engraf]

On 17.09.26 17:03 wrote Tony Lindgren:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 09:05:51AM +0300, David Engraf wrote:
> > This fixes a regression when a console option includes ':'. Commit
> > 7640f1a44eba ("printk: Add match_devname_and_update_preferred_console()")
> > introduced console=DEVNAME:0.0 hardware style addressing by looking for a
> > colon. If the colon is part of an option the name is handled as devname
> > instead of ttyname.
>
> Just curious, which console did you hit this issue with?

It's a self-developed console driver to access our hypervisor.

> In any case, thanks for updating the comments:
>
> Reviewed-by: Tony Lindgren <tony.lindgren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks
- David