[PATCH] autodetect serial console on efika
Olaf Hering
olaf at aepfle.de
Sun Apr 1 01:08:23 EST 2007
Efika boards have to be booted with console=ttyPSC0 unless there is a
graphics card plugged in. Detect if the firmware stdout is the serial
connector.
Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf at aepfle.de>
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/efika.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
Index: b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/efika.c
===================================================================
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/efika.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/efika.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <linux/initrd.h>
#include <linux/timer.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <linux/console.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
#include <asm/irq.h>
@@ -221,12 +222,37 @@ static int __init efika_probe(void)
return 1;
}
+static void __init efika_init_early(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_MPC52xx
+ struct device_node *stdout_node;
+ const char *device_type;
+
+ if (strstr(cmd_line, "console="))
+ return;
+ /* find the boot console from /chosen/stdout */
+ if (!of_chosen)
+ return;
+ device_type = get_property(of_chosen, "linux,stdout-path", NULL);
+ if (!device_type)
+ return;
+ stdout_node = of_find_node_by_path(device_type);
+ if (stdout_node) {
+ device_type = get_property(stdout_node, "device_type", NULL);
+ if (device_type && strcmp(device_type, "serial") == 0)
+ add_preferred_console("ttyPSC", 0, NULL);
+ of_node_put(stdout_node);
+ }
+#endif
+}
+
define_machine(efika)
{
.name = EFIKA_PLATFORM_NAME,
.probe = efika_probe,
.setup_arch = efika_setup_arch,
.init = mpc52xx_declare_of_platform_devices,
+ .init_early = efika_init_early,
.show_cpuinfo = efika_show_cpuinfo,
.init_IRQ = mpc52xx_init_irq,
.get_irq = mpc52xx_get_irq,
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