From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:52:29 +0000
Subject: Re: SH-Sci(f) driver as console
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On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 07:51:11PM +0900, Paul Mundt wrote:
> early_sci_setup() is provided for the cases where we want to set the port
> up early, but should probably be adjusted for a different pointer type.
> Perhaps the easiest thing to do is to take the early printk uart info and
> pass that in to early_sci_setup(), since we know we'll at least have
> something we can use early there.

And to elaborate on this, the idea was taken from 8250. Look at
early_serial_setup() and setup_early_serial8250_console() for more
information and ideas.