Bug#952452: initramfs-tools: prefers serial console over framebuffer console

From	Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiyasak@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#952452: initramfs-tools: prefers serial console over framebuffer console
Date	2020-02-28 16:10 +0100
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On 27/02/2020 02:10, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> A device that is intended to be used with keyboard and video display
> should not have this in the device tree for production units.  If we
> ship the device tree then we can correct that.  If not, then the boot
> loader should be configured to override it, and the installer could do
> that by default.

I'm using rk3399-gru-kevin.dtb from the Debian package. The stdout-path 
property comes from arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-gru.dtsi in the 
kernel tree. Setting a serial console this way seems to be ordinary, a 
lot of other devices have it too.

For the bootloader (part of the firmware), I don't know if there is a 
way to make it change that property in the device-tree file. Meanwhile 
I've added "console=tty0" to the default cmdline my bootloader-handler 
project uses, so everything should be fine for now.

> I don't think it makes sense for initramfs-tools to do this, as the
> wrong default console will still affect other software.

I intended to say that maybe initramfs-tools should correct the default 
console to the virtual console not just for itself but for the entire 
userspace. (I don't even know if that's possible.)

Thread

Bug#952452: initramfs-tools: prefers serial console over framebuffer console Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiyasak@gmail.com> - 2020-02-24 18:00 +0100
  Bug#952452: initramfs-tools: prefers serial console over framebuffer console Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiyasak@gmail.com> - 2020-02-26 15:20 +0100
  Bug#952452: marked as done (initramfs-tools: prefers serial  console over framebuffer console) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2020-02-27 00:20 +0100
  Bug#952452: initramfs-tools: prefers serial console over framebuffer console Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiyasak@gmail.com> - 2020-02-28 16:10 +0100
    Bug#952452: initramfs-tools: prefers serial console over framebuffer console Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-02-28 21:50 +0100

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