From: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2020 10:23 PM > On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 04:43:21PM +0800, Fugang Duan wrote: > > GKI kernel requires drivers built as modules including console driver, > > so add the support that imx serial console driver can be built as > > module. > > > > The changes of the patch: > > - imx console driver can be built as module. > > - move out earlycon code to separated driver like imx_earlycon.c, > > and imx earlycon driver only support build-in. > > > > Signed-off-by: Fugang Duan <fugang.duan@xxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig | 17 +++++++---- > > drivers/tty/serial/Makefile | 1 + > > drivers/tty/serial/imx.c | 37 ++--------------------- > > drivers/tty/serial/imx_earlycon.c | 50 > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 4 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig > > index adf9e80e7dc9..890cbf214561 100644 > > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig > > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig > > @@ -502,20 +502,27 @@ config SERIAL_IMX > > can enable its onboard serial port by enabling this option. > > > > config SERIAL_IMX_CONSOLE > > - bool "Console on IMX serial port" > > - depends on SERIAL_IMX=y > > + tristate "Console on IMX serial port" > > + depends on SERIAL_IMX > > select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE > > - select SERIAL_EARLYCON if OF > > help > > If you have enabled the serial port on the Freescale IMX > > - CPU you can make it the console by answering Y to this option. > > + CPU you can make it the console by answering Y/M to this option. > > > > - Even if you say Y here, the currently visible virtual console > > + Even if you say Y/M here, the currently visible virtual > > + console > > (/dev/tty0) will still be used as the system console by default, but > > you can alter that using a kernel command line option such as > > "console=ttymxc0". (Try "man bootparam" or see the > documentation of > > your bootloader about how to pass options to the kernel at > > boot time.) > > > > +config SERIAL_IMX_EARLYCON > > + bool "Earlycon on IMX serial port" > > + depends OF > > + select SERIAL_EARLYCON if OF > > + help > > + If you have enabled the earlycon on the Freescale IMX > > + CPU you can make it the earlycon by answering Y to this option. > > + > > Did you test this? > > I get the folllowing errors with this patch: > scripts/kconfig/conf --oldconfig Kconfig > drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig:521: syntax error > drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig:520: invalid statement > drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig:521: invalid statement > drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig:522: invalid statement > drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig:523: unknown statement "If" > drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig:524:warning: ignoring unsupported > character '.' > drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig:524: unknown statement "CPU" > make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/Makefile:71: oldconfig] Error 1 > make: *** [Makefile:606: oldconfig] Error 2 > > I'll let you make the obvious fix and actually test it this time before > resending :) > > thanks, > > greg k-h Sorry for inconvenient things, I will double check and tested it before resending. Thanks.