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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 /arch/ia64
parentb1c931e39327ef121797927d4b3198d370e75b9b (diff)
downloadlinux-18a8bd949d6adb311ea816125ff65050df1f3f6e.tar.gz
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 'arch/ia64')
-rw-r--r--arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c4
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index 188fb73c6845..4d9864cc92c9 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -390,10 +390,6 @@ early_console_setup (char *cmdline)
 	if (!efi_setup_pcdp_console(cmdline))
 		earlycons++;
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
-	if (!early_serial_console_init(cmdline))
-		earlycons++;
-#endif
 
 	return (earlycons) ? 0 : -1;
 }