Bug#394970: /420820: no console set IBM p5 server
On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 12:28:20PM -0500, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
>
> Is it understood how one determines which device file (hvsi0, hvsi1 or
> hvc0) Open Firmware associates with the console as it pertains to IBM
> System p servers?
>
> This can be determined by looking at properties under /proc/device-tree.
>
> Please let me know if this is needed and I will find the documentation. I
> know how it is accomplished, I just need to make sure that I point to
> documentation already released by IBM.
ofpath or ofpathname (from yaboot or the ibm-power-utils or whatever
that package is named) are the one doing the OF path from linux path
mapping. Not sure it supports the other way around, but that would be
the right way to handle this.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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