Re: [PATCH v2] ACPI: SPCR: Consider baud rate 0 as preconfigured state

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On 11/21/2018 02:17 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 12:51:28PM -0500, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
>> On 11/21/2018 08:43 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>> Since SPCR 1.04 [1] the baud rate of 0 means a preconfigured state of UART.
>>> Assume firmware or bootloader configures console correctly.
>>>
>>> [1]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/serports/serial-port-console-redirection-table
> 
>>> +	if (!baud_rate) {
>>>  		snprintf(opts, sizeof(opts), "%s,%s,0x%llx", uart, iotype,
>>>  			 table->serial_port.address);
>>>  	} else {
> 
>> OOC what happens if you pass in opts="uart,io,0x3f8,0" to setup_earlycon() and
>> add_preferred_console() ?
> 
> Nothing critical for 8250, though
> a) we have a plenty of UART drivers and I don't check them;
> b) the code above (avoidance of 0 to be baud rate parameter) is already in
>    upstream by some reason (see a) as well).
> 
> So, I wouldn't touch that logic.
> 

Agreed.  I was thinking that if ",0" was accepted in that code it would
lead towards a further cleanup.

Reviewed-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx>

P.



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