Console on SiFive UART
configname: CONFIG_SERIAL_SIFIVE_CONSOLE
Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Device Drivers
└─>Character devices
└─>Serial drivers
└─>Console on SiFive UART
In linux kernel since version 5.1 (release Date: 2019-05-05)
Select this option if you would like to use a SiFive UART as the
system console.
Even if you say Y here, the currently visible virtual console
(/dev/tty0) will still be used as the system console by default, but
you can alter that using a kernel command line option such as
"console=ttySIFx". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
your boot loader about how to pass options to the kernel at
boot time.)
system console.
Even if you say Y here, the currently visible virtual console
(/dev/tty0) will still be used as the system console by default, but
you can alter that using a kernel command line option such as
"console=ttySIFx". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
your boot loader about how to pass options to the kernel at
boot time.)