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doc, kernel-parameters: Document 'console=hvc<n>'
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Both the PowerPC hypervisor and Xen hypervisor can utilize the
hvc driver.

Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1361825650-14031-3-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk authored and H. Peter Anvin committed Feb 25, 2013
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UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
switching to the matching ttyS device later. The
options are the same as for ttyS, above.
hvc<n> Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.

If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
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