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Docs: printk: add 'console=null|""' to admin/kernel-parameters
Tell about 'console=null|""' and how to use it. It can be helpful to set (enable) CONFIG_NULL_TTY so that the ttynull driver is available. This avoids problems with stdin/stdout/stderr of the init process. Howevere, CONFIG_NULL_TTY cannot be enabled by default because it can be used by mistake, see the commit a91bd62 ("Revert "init/console: Use ttynull as a fallback when there is no console""). Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org [pmladek@suse.com: Slightly update wording.] Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220216203745.980-1-rdunlap@infradead.org
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hvc<n> Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
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both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
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{ null | "" }
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Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel
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console messages discarded.
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This must be the only console= parameter used on the
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kernel command line.
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If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
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device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
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console=brl,ttyS0

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