Re: SH-Sci(f) driver as console

Paul Mundt
2008-01-31T10:52:29Z

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.