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authorYinghai Lu <Yinghai.Lu@Sun.COM>2007-07-15 23:37:59 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-07-16 09:05:35 -0700
commit18a8bd949d6adb311ea816125ff65050df1f3f6e (patch)
tree4365db908430747a5c08cacdb4354577b7bfead7 /kernel
parentb1c931e39327ef121797927d4b3198d370e75b9b (diff)
serial: convert early_uart to earlycon for 8250
Beacuse SERIAL_PORT_DFNS is removed from include/asm-i386/serial.h and include/asm-x86_64/serial.h. the serial8250_ports need to be probed late in serial initializing stage. the console_init=>serial8250_console_init=> register_console=>serial8250_console_setup will return -ENDEV, and console ttyS0 can not be enabled at that time. need to wait till uart_add_one_port in drivers/serial/serial_core.c to call register_console to get console ttyS0. that is too late. Make early_uart to use early_param, so uart console can be used earlier. Make it to be bootconsole with CON_BOOT flag, so can use console handover feature. and it will switch to corresponding normal serial console automatically. new command line will be: console=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8 console=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8 or earlycon=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8 earlycon=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8 it will print in very early stage: Early serial console at I/O port 0x3f8 (options '9600n8') console [uart0] enabled later for console it will print: console handover: boot [uart0] -> real [ttyS0] Signed-off-by: <yinghai.lu@sun.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/printk.c22
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 7ce9a8c1331..f46cc6dff46 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -726,6 +726,25 @@ int __init add_preferred_console(char *name, int idx, char *options)
return 0;
}
+int __init update_console_cmdline(char *name, int idx, char *name_new, int idx_new, char *options)
+{
+ struct console_cmdline *c;
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && console_cmdline[i].name[0]; i++)
+ if (strcmp(console_cmdline[i].name, name) == 0 &&
+ console_cmdline[i].index == idx) {
+ c = &console_cmdline[i];
+ memcpy(c->name, name_new, sizeof(c->name));
+ c->name[sizeof(c->name) - 1] = 0;
+ c->options = options;
+ c->index = idx_new;
+ return i;
+ }
+ /* not found */
+ return -1;
+}
+
#ifndef CONFIG_DISABLE_CONSOLE_SUSPEND
/**
* suspend_console - suspend the console subsystem
@@ -942,6 +961,9 @@ void register_console(struct console *console)
if (preferred_console < 0 || bootconsole || !console_drivers)
preferred_console = selected_console;
+ if (console->early_setup)
+ console->early_setup();
+
/*
* See if we want to use this console driver. If we
* didn't select a console we take the first one