[PATCH v4 2/8] arm64: dts: exynos: Add dts files for 64-bit Exynos5433 SoC

Chanwoo Choi
2015-03-04T10:11:17Z

On 03/04/2015 06:38 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 March 2015 15:59:55 Chanwoo Choi wrote:
>> On 03/02/2015 06:22 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>> On Saturday 28 February 2015 09:47:01 Chanwoo Choi wrote:
>>>> "earlycon=exynos4210,0x14C20000" is correct bootparam. You can check
>>>> it on Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt as following.
>>>>
>>>> exynos4210,<addr>
>>>> Use early console provided by serial driver available
>>>> on Samsung SoCs, requires selecting proper type and
>>>> a correct base address of the selected UART port. The
>>>> serial port must already be setup and configured.
>>>> Options are not yet supported.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> But it's crazy to do this when you have a DT. Please fix the existing
>>> devicetree files that use this to just list 'earlycon'.
>>>
>>> The syntax above only makes sense for classic board files that we
>>> do not support for exynos any more.
>>
>> Following earlycon patch for exynos soc was merged in Linux 4.0-rc1.
>> - commit-id: b94ba0328d3b36ff95f5074c0e9b44f90dc56bb5 (serial: samsung: Add support for early console)
>> Almost Exynos SoC use the same UART IP of Exynos4210.
>>
>> If you mean that "earlycon=exynos4210" naming will be changed to "earlycon=exynos",
>> we have to modify the drivers/tty/serial/samsung.c.
>
> No, what I mean is that you should use just "earlycon" instead of "earlycon=..."
> when you have a DTB. You have the OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE() in the driver as
> well, so that should just work.
>
> EARLYCON_DECLARE() is really just a hack that allows users to override the
> early console from the command line without modifying the stdout-path
> property. Don't put that into a dts file.

OK, I understand. Thanks for your comment.

Regards,
Chanwoo Choi