On Tue, 2015-09-08 at 18:17 +0100, Leif Lindholm wrote:

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     */
-   if (!buf || !buf[0])
-           if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF_FLATTREE))
+   if (!buf || !buf[0]) {
+           if (!acpi_disabled)

How do we know for sure that "acpi" has been parsed before "earlycon"?

Because "arch" comes before "drivers" in kernel image link order.
*twitch*
Yes, not the best argument ever.

I don't think that matters. Things are parsed in order they are
found on cmdline (except for early vs late distinction).