Hi Peter,
On 13/01/16 17:06, Peter Hurley wrote:
> Hi Jon,
>
> On 01/13/2016 02:09 AM, Jon Hunter wrote:
>> On 13/01/16 09:19, Jon Hunter wrote:
>>> On 12/01/16 19:51, Peter Hurley wrote:
>>>> Wasn't planning on sending this patch just yet, but oh well.
>>>>
>>>> On 01/12/2016 11:41 AM, Peter Hurley wrote:
>>>>> Add DT earlycon for 8250_omap driver. This boot console is included
>>>>> for kernels built with CONFIG_SERIAL_EARLYCON=y, CONFIG_OF=y,
>>>>> CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_OMAP=y, and CONFIG_OF_EARLY_FLATTREE=y.
>>>>>
>>>>> This boot console is enabled with the command line option "earlycon"
>>>>> (without "=<name>...") when the DT 'stdout-path' property matches a
>>>>> compatible uart. For example,
>>>>>
>>>>> / {
>>>>> chosen {
>>>>> stdout-path = "serial0:115200";
>>>>> };
>>>>>
>>>>> ....
>>>>>
>>>>> aliases {
>>>>> serial0 = &uart0;
>>>>> };
>>>>>
>>>>> ....
>>>>>
>>>>> ocp : ocp {
>>>>> uart0 : serial@44e09000 {
>>>>> compatible = "ti,omap3-uart";
>>>>> }
>>>>> };
>>>>> };
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c
>>>>> index e7cdc0c..d1f6310 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c
>>>>> @@ -201,3 +201,23 @@ EARLYCON_DECLARE(rt288x, early_rt288x_setup);
>>>>> OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(rt288x, "ralink,rt2880-uart", early_rt288x_setup);
>>>>>
>>>>> #endif /* CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RT288X */
>>>>
>>>> This patch may not apply because the context is sitting on top of
>>>> unsubmitted code. Sorry.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Peter Hurley
>>>>
>>>>> +
>>>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_OMAP
>>>>> +
>>>>> +static int __init early_omap8250_setup(struct earlycon_device *device,
>>>>> + const char *options)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> + struct uart_port *port = &device->port;
>>>>> +
>>>>> + if (!(device->port.membase || device->port.iobase))
>>>>> + return -ENODEV;
>>>>> +
>>>>> + port->regshift = 2;
>>>>> + device->con->write = early_serial8250_write;
>>>>> + return 0;
>>>>> +}
>>>
>>> I see you did not mean to send this out, but would the above still be
>>> necessary with my patch [0]? I am wondering if with my patch you can
>>> just add the below OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE() for OMAP?
>>
>> Sorry, I see that you have also already made the changes I have in patch
>> [0]. However, still curious why you need the above for OMAP?
>
> Yeah, sorry about trouncing your patches.
No problem, it is fine with me.
> I let that series from the beginning of last year stall after writing the
> dtc compiler patch waiting for the kernel libfdt copy to catch up, and
> then forgot about it, until the flood of recent earlycon patches.
>
> Since it rebased (and retested) fairly trivially, I thought I'd just
> push it out again.
>
> The reason the omap8250 earlycon needs the regshift init is that the
> omap uart DT nodes don't adequately describe the register layout; the
> 8250_omap sub-driver handles the uart port initialization (iow, it
> doesn't use the 8250_of properties to describe i/o register access).
> This situation is an artifact of the original omap uart driver,
> omap-serial.c
>
> For regular 8250 DT nodes, the only requirement should be the
> OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE() to associate the compatible string with
> early_serial8250_setup() (and a unique earlycon name such as the one
> you already used).
>
> NB: You should be able to re-use the earlycon name itself when
> declaring new OF earlycons now. IOW,
>
> OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(uart, "nvidia,tegra20-uart", early_serial8250_setup);
>
> should work. And this will keep the proliferation of command line
> options to a minimum.
Ok.
> Please let me know if that doesn't work.
I am sure it will. I will re-send a patch for this, once this series is
merged.
Cheers
Jon
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