On 12/07/2017 01:46 PM, Timur Tabi wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> -int __init acpi_parse_spcr(bool earlycon)
>> +int __init acpi_parse_spcr(bool earlycon, bool enable_console)
>> {
>> static char opts[ACPI_SPCR_OPTS_SIZE];
>> static char uart[ACPI_SPCR_BUF_SIZE];
>> @@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ int __init acpi_parse_spcr(bool earlycon)
>> if (earlycon)
>> setup_earlycon(opts);
>>
>> - err = add_preferred_console(uart, 0, opts + strlen(uart) + 1);
>> + if (enable_console)
>> + err = add_preferred_console(uart, 0, opts + strlen(uart) + 1);
>
> So if earlycon==true but enable_console==false, then you parse SPCR
> and use it for the early console, but not the primary console? I'm
> not sure what that gives you.
>
On arm64 the original SPCR code provides both early and primary consoles (as
you've pointed out). IOW, if SPRC exists on arm64 a console will be
initialized. That is still the case after my change.
The expected behaviour on x86 is that unless someone specifies 'earlycon' or
'console=' that no console should be initialized. There are users (some IOT
boxes, etc.) that do NOT want a console.
The above code keeps the existing x86 behaviour.
P.
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