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

[Tony Lindgren]

On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 09:27:03AM +0300, David Engraf wrote:
> 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.

OK thanks. From a "fix or feature" point of view, I wonder if this issue
can happen with some of the current Linux console drivers too?