Re: [PATCH] earlycon: Allow specifying a uartclk in options

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 10:30:45AM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 03/01/2018 10:20 AM, Daniel Kurtz wrote:
> > Currently when an earlycon is registered, the uartclk is assumed to be
> > BASE_BAUD * 16 = 1843200.  If a baud rate is specified in the earlycon
> > options, then 8250_early's init_port will program the UART clock divider
> > registers based on this assumed uartclk.
> > 
> > However, not all uarts have a UART clock of 1843200.  For example, the
> > 8250_dw uart in AMD's CZ/ST uses a fixed 48 MHz clock (as specified in
> > cz_uart_desc in acpi_apd.c).  Thus, specifying a baud when using earlycon
> > on such a device will result in incorrect divider values and a wrong UART
> > clock.
> > 
> > Fix this by extending the earlycon options parameter to allow specification
> > of a uartclk, like so:
> > 
> >  earlycon=uart,mmio32,0xfedc6000,115200,48000000
> > 
> > If none is specified, fall-back to prior behavior - 1843200.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@chromium.org>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Hopefully there will also be an update to one of
> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt or
> Documentation/admin-guide/serial-console.rst.

Well, considering I'm not taking this patch unless it comes with such an
update, I'm hoping as well :)

greg k-h