When using the 8250 as a boot console and the main console results in messages being printed twice. The console framework will only unregister boot consoles if a new console is registered with the CON_CONSDEV flag set.
Set this flag for the univ8250 console to prevent double-registration. Signed-off-by: Matthew Leach <[email protected]> --- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c index 2f4f5ee..7a7453d 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c @@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ static struct console univ8250_console = { .device = uart_console_device, .setup = univ8250_console_setup, .match = univ8250_console_match, - .flags = CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_ANYTIME, + .flags = CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_ANYTIME | CON_CONSDEV, .index = -1, .data = &serial8250_reg, }; -- 2.8.2
