Console device selection via EFI PCDP or HCDP table
modulename: pcdp.ko
configname: CONFIG_EFI_PCDP
Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Device Drivers
└─>Firmware Drivers
└─>Console device selection via EFI PCDP or HCDP table
In linux kernel since version 3.10 (release Date: 2013-06-30)
If your firmware supplies the PCDP table, and you want to
automatically use the primary console device it describes
as the Linux console, say Y here.
If your firmware supplies the HCDP table, and you want to
use the first serial port it describes as the Linux console,
say Y here. If your EFI ConOut path contains only a UART
device, it will become the console automatically. Otherwise,
you must specify the "console=hcdp" kernel boot argument.
Neither the PCDP nor the HCDP affects naming of serial devices,
so a serial console may be /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, etc, depending
on how the driver discovers devices.
You must also enable the appropriate drivers (serial, VGA, etc.)
See DIG64_HCDPv20_042804.pdf available from
<http://www.dig64.org/specifications/>
automatically use the primary console device it describes
as the Linux console, say Y here.
If your firmware supplies the HCDP table, and you want to
use the first serial port it describes as the Linux console,
say Y here. If your EFI ConOut path contains only a UART
device, it will become the console automatically. Otherwise,
you must specify the "console=hcdp" kernel boot argument.
Neither the PCDP nor the HCDP affects naming of serial devices,
so a serial console may be /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, etc, depending
on how the driver discovers devices.
You must also enable the appropriate drivers (serial, VGA, etc.)
See DIG64_HCDPv20_042804.pdf available from
<http://www.dig64.org/specifications/>