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authorGeoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>2006-12-08 18:27:47 -0800
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2006-12-11 13:49:53 +1100
commit74e95d5de9d8eb243cda68b546bdb29f6ef0f01c (patch)
treec1f3a14628510af3ca134da5db409dcc8d428e99 /arch/powerpc
parent0204568a088fecd5478153504f9476ee2c46d5bf (diff)
[POWERPC] ps3: Add vuart support
Adds support for the PS3 virtual UART (vuart). The vuart provides a bi-directional byte stream data link between logical partitions. This is needed for the ps3 graphics driver and the ps3 power control support to be able to communicate with the lv1 policy module. Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/configs/ps3_defconfig1
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig11
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ps3_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ps3_defconfig
index f2d888e014a..70ed61337f5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ps3_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ps3_defconfig
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ CONFIG_SPU_BASE=y
CONFIG_PS3_HTAB_SIZE=20
CONFIG_PS3_DYNAMIC_DMA=y
CONFIG_PS3_USE_LPAR_ADDR=y
+CONFIG_PS3_VUART=y
#
# Kernel options
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig
index 451bfcd5502..de52ec4e9e5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig
@@ -40,4 +40,15 @@ config PS3_USE_LPAR_ADDR
If you have any doubt, choose the default y.
+config PS3_VUART
+ depends on PPC_PS3
+ bool "PS3 Virtual UART support"
+ default y
+ help
+ Include support for the PS3 Virtual UART.
+
+ This support is required for several system services
+ including the System Manager and AV Settings. In
+ general, all users will say Y.
+
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