[PATCH] autodetect serial console on efika
Olaf Hering
olaf at aepfle.de
Tue Jan 22 02:29:00 EST 2008
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 | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 50 insertions(+)
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/efika.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/efika.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <linux/utsrelease.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/console.h>
#include <asm/prom.h>
#include <asm/time.h>
#include <asm/machdep.h>
@@ -208,12 +209,61 @@ static int __init efika_probe(void)
return 1;
}
+/*
+ * Per default, input/output-device points to keyboard/screen
+ * If no card is installed, the built-in serial port is used as a fallback.
+ * But unfortunately, the firmware does not connect /chosen/{stdin,stdout}
+ * the the built-in serial node. Instead, a /failsafe node is created.
+ * More advanced hardware configurations cant be detected,
+ * boot with console=xyz123 to point the kernel to the correct device
+ */
+static void __init efika_init_early(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_MPC52xx
+ struct device_node *stdout_node;
+ const char *property;
+
+ if (strstr(cmd_line, "console="))
+ return;
+ /* find the boot console from /chosen/stdout */
+ if (!of_chosen)
+ return;
+ property = of_get_property(of_chosen, "linux,stdout-path", NULL);
+ if (!property)
+ return;
+ stdout_node = of_find_node_by_path(property);
+ if (!stdout_node)
+ return;
+ property = of_get_property(stdout_node, "device_type", NULL);
+ if (property && strcmp(property, "serial") == 0) {
+ /*
+ * The 9pin connector is either /failsafe or /builtin/serial.
+ * The optional graphics card has also type 'serial' in VGA mode.
+ */
+ property = of_get_property(stdout_node, "name", NULL);
+ if (property) {
+ if (strcmp(property, "failsafe") == 0)
+ add_preferred_console("ttyPSC", 0, NULL);
+ else {
+ if (strcmp(property, "serial") == 0) {
+ property = of_get_property(stdout_node, "model", NULL);
+ if (property && strcmp(property, "mpc5200-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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