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hvc<n> Use the hypervisor console device <n>. This is for
both Xen and PowerPC hypervisors.
+ { null | "" }
+ Use to disable console output, i.e., to have kernel
+ console messages discarded.
+ This must be the only console= parameter used on the
+ kernel command line.
+
If the device connected to the port is not a TTY but a braille
device, prepend "brl," before the device type, for instance
console=brl,ttyS0