Re: [PATCH] Re-add ACPI SPCR (serial console) support

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On 12/10/2016 06:16 AM, Christopher Covington wrote:
> Four SPCR patches were merged upstream into 4.9, but one was reverted by a
> subsequent commit (due to a trivial merge conflict with a later, unrelated
> patch). A fixed up version of the missing patch is queued up for 4.10 in
> tty-next. Carry it to make sure users see serial console output on ACPI
> systems. Otherwise manually setting console=ttyAMAn would be required.

Applied for the final 4.9 release. Thanks!

> ---
>  arm64-ACPI-parse-SPCR-table.patch | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  kernel.spec                       |   6 +++
>  2 files changed, 107 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 arm64-ACPI-parse-SPCR-table.patch
> 
> [Sending as new message, this time including the fedora-kernel list.]
> 
> diff --git a/arm64-ACPI-parse-SPCR-table.patch b/arm64-ACPI-parse-SPCR-table.patch
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..ad85b02
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arm64-ACPI-parse-SPCR-table.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
> +From 10879ae5f12e9cab3c4e8e9504c1aaa8a033bde7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> +From: Aleksey Makarov <aleksey.makarov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 10:15:32 +0300
> +Subject: serial: pl011: add console matching function
> +
> +This patch adds function pl011_console_match() that implements
> +method match of struct console.  It allows to match consoles against
> +data specified in a string, for example taken from command line or
> +compiled by ACPI SPCR table handler.
> +
> +This patch was merged to tty-next but then reverted because of
> +conflict with
> +
> +commit 46e36683f433 ("serial: earlycon: Extend earlycon command line option to support 64-bit addresses")
> +
> +Now it is fixed.
> +
> +Signed-off-by: Aleksey Makarov <aleksey.makarov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +Reviewed-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +Tested-by: Christopher Covington <cov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +---
> + drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> + 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)
> +
> +diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
> +index e2c33b9..c00ab22 100644
> +--- a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
> ++++ b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
> +@@ -2315,12 +2315,67 @@ static int __init pl011_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options)
> + 	return uart_set_options(&uap->port, co, baud, parity, bits, flow);
> + }
> + 
> ++/**
> ++ *	pl011_console_match - non-standard console matching
> ++ *	@co:	  registering console
> ++ *	@name:	  name from console command line
> ++ *	@idx:	  index from console command line
> ++ *	@options: ptr to option string from console command line
> ++ *
> ++ *	Only attempts to match console command lines of the form:
> ++ *	    console=pl011,mmio|mmio32,<addr>[,<options>]
> ++ *	    console=pl011,0x<addr>[,<options>]
> ++ *	This form is used to register an initial earlycon boot console and
> ++ *	replace it with the amba_console at pl011 driver init.
> ++ *
> ++ *	Performs console setup for a match (as required by interface)
> ++ *	If no <options> are specified, then assume the h/w is already setup.
> ++ *
> ++ *	Returns 0 if console matches; otherwise non-zero to use default matching
> ++ */
> ++static int __init pl011_console_match(struct console *co, char *name, int idx,
> ++				      char *options)
> ++{
> ++	unsigned char iotype;
> ++	resource_size_t addr;
> ++	int i;
> ++
> ++	if (strcmp(name, "pl011") != 0)
> ++		return -ENODEV;
> ++
> ++	if (uart_parse_earlycon(options, &iotype, &addr, &options))
> ++		return -ENODEV;
> ++
> ++	if (iotype != UPIO_MEM && iotype != UPIO_MEM32)
> ++		return -ENODEV;
> ++
> ++	/* try to match the port specified on the command line */
> ++	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(amba_ports); i++) {
> ++		struct uart_port *port;
> ++
> ++		if (!amba_ports[i])
> ++			continue;
> ++
> ++		port = &amba_ports[i]->port;
> ++
> ++		if (port->mapbase != addr)
> ++			continue;
> ++
> ++		co->index = i;
> ++		port->cons = co;
> ++		return pl011_console_setup(co, options);
> ++	}
> ++
> ++	return -ENODEV;
> ++}
> ++
> + static struct uart_driver amba_reg;
> + static struct console amba_console = {
> + 	.name		= "ttyAMA",
> + 	.write		= pl011_console_write,
> + 	.device		= uart_console_device,
> + 	.setup		= pl011_console_setup,
> ++	.match		= pl011_console_match,
> + 	.flags		= CON_PRINTBUFFER,
> + 	.index		= -1,
> + 	.data		= &amba_reg,
> +-- 
> +cgit v0.12
> +
> diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
> index 2fc8909..9e20308 100644
> --- a/kernel.spec
> +++ b/kernel.spec
> @@ -492,6 +492,9 @@ Source5005: kbuild-AFTER_LINK.patch
>  
>  # Standalone patches
>  
> +# http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-serial/msg24272.html
> +Patch420: arm64-ACPI-parse-SPCR-table.patch
> +
>  # a tempory patch for QCOM hardware enablement. Will be gone by end of 2016/F-26 GA
>  Patch421: qcom-QDF2432-tmp-errata.patch
>  
> @@ -2174,6 +2177,9 @@ fi
>  #
>  #
>  %changelog
> +* Sat Dec 10 2016 Christopher Covington <cov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +- Re-add ACPI SPCR (serial console) support
> +
>  * Fri Dec 09 2016 Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> - 4.9.0-0.rc8.git4.1
>  - Linux v4.9-rc8-85-ga37102d
>  
> 
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