By default, bcm63xx_uart.c uses the standard 8250 device naming and
major/minor numbers. There are at least two situations where this could
be a problem:
1) Multiplatform kernels that need to support some chips that have 8250
UARTs and other chips that have bcm63xx UARTs.
2) Some older chips like BCM7125 have a mix of both UART types.
Add a new Kconfig option to tell the driver whether to register itself
as ttyS or ttyBCM. By default it will retain the existing "ttyS"
behavior to avoid surprises.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig | 11 +++++++++++
drivers/tty/serial/bcm63xx_uart.c | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
index fdd851e..c82cfd2 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
@@ -1302,6 +1302,17 @@ config SERIAL_BCM63XX_CONSOLE
If you have enabled the serial port on the BCM63xx CPU
you can make it the console by answering Y to this option.
+config SERIAL_BCM63XX_TTYS
+ bool "Use ttyS[01] device nodes for bcm63xx_uart"
+ depends on SERIAL_BCM63XX
+ default y
+ help
+ Say Y to name the serial ports /dev/ttyS0, ttyS1, ...
+ This conflicts with the 8250 driver but may avoid breaking
+ compatibility with existing init scripts.
+
+ Say N to name the serial ports /dev/ttyBCM0, ttyBCM1, ...
+
config SERIAL_GRLIB_GAISLER_APBUART
tristate "GRLIB APBUART serial support"
depends on OF && SPARC
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/bcm63xx_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/bcm63xx_uart.c
index e04e580..9f3dcc8 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/bcm63xx_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/bcm63xx_uart.c
@@ -751,7 +751,11 @@ static int bcm_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options)
static struct uart_driver bcm_uart_driver;
static struct console bcm63xx_console = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_BCM63XX_TTYS
.name = "ttyS",
+#else
+ .name = "ttyBCM",
+#endif
.write = bcm_console_write,
.device = uart_console_device,
.setup = bcm_console_setup,
@@ -796,9 +800,13 @@ OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(bcm63xx_uart, "brcm,bcm6345-uart", bcm_early_console_setup);
static struct uart_driver bcm_uart_driver = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "bcm63xx_uart",
+#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_BCM63XX_TTYS
.dev_name = "ttyS",
.major = TTY_MAJOR,
.minor = 64,
+#else
+ .dev_name = "ttyBCM",
+#endif
.nr = BCM63XX_NR_UARTS,
.cons = BCM63XX_CONSOLE,
};
--
2.1.1
