# Re: \[RFC/PATCH 2/3\] of: add of\_lookup\_stdout() utility function

- From: Stephen Rothwell \<hidden\>
- Date: 2008-08-06 07:42:52 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2008/08/9444211
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2008/08/9444193/t.md

```text
Hi Grant,

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:34:04 -0600 "Grant Likely" [ref] wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Michael Ellerman
> [ref] wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 00:02 -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> >> From: Grant Likely <redacted>
> >>
> >> of_lookup_stdout() is useful for figuring out what device to use as output
> >> for early boot progress messages.  It returns the node pointed to by the
> >> linux,stdout-path property in the chosen node.
> >
> > Nice. You don't feel like converting all the places that currently do it
> > by hand to use this do you :)
> 
> Yep, I'll do this.  :-)

Could you also send an email to Dave Miller to see if he has any objections
to this function being generic (since the Sparc guys share this code).

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
```

## Attachments

- [(unnamed)](https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2008/08/9444211/attachment/0) (application/pgp-signature, 197 bytes)