From: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
To: Paul Mackeras <paulus@samba.org>, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH] autodetect serial console on pegasos2
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:37:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080121153745.GA8725@aepfle.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080121152900.GA8664@aepfle.de>
Autodetect the serial console on Pegasos2.
Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 52 insertions(+)
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c
@@ -251,6 +251,57 @@ static void briq_restart(char *cmd)
for(;;);
}
+/*
+ * Per default, input/output-device points to the 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.
+ */
+static void chrp_init_early(void)
+{
+ struct device_node *node;
+ const char *property;
+
+ if (strstr(cmd_line, "console="))
+ return;
+ /* find the boot console from /chosen/stdout */
+ if (!of_chosen)
+ return;
+ node = of_find_node_by_path("/");
+ if (!node)
+ return;
+ property = of_get_property(node, "model", NULL);
+ if (!property)
+ goto out_put;
+ if (strcmp(property, "Pegasos2"))
+ goto out_put;
+ /* this is a Pegasos2 */
+ property = of_get_property(of_chosen, "linux,stdout-path", NULL);
+ if (!property)
+ goto out_put;
+ of_node_put(node);
+ node = of_find_node_by_path(property);
+ if (!node)
+ return;
+ property = of_get_property(node, "device_type", NULL);
+ if (!property)
+ goto out_put;
+ if (strcmp(property, "serial"))
+ goto out_put;
+ /*
+ * The 9pin connector is either /failsafe
+ * or /pci@80000000/isa@C/serial@i2F8
+ * The optional graphics card has also type 'serial' in VGA mode.
+ */
+ property = of_get_property(node, "name", NULL);
+ if (!property)
+ goto out_put;
+ if (!strcmp(property, "failsafe") || !strcmp(property, "serial"))
+ add_preferred_console("ttyS", 0, NULL);
+out_put:
+ of_node_put(node);
+}
+
void __init chrp_setup_arch(void)
{
struct device_node *root = of_find_node_by_path("/");
@@ -594,6 +645,7 @@ define_machine(chrp) {
.probe = chrp_probe,
.setup_arch = chrp_setup_arch,
.init = chrp_init2,
+ .init_early = chrp_init_early,
.show_cpuinfo = chrp_show_cpuinfo,
.init_IRQ = chrp_init_IRQ,
.restart = rtas_restart,
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-21 15:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-31 15:08 [PATCH] autodetect serial console on efika Olaf Hering
2007-03-31 17:06 ` Grant Likely
2007-04-09 12:56 ` Matt Sealey
2007-04-10 16:52 ` Olaf Hering
2007-04-10 20:25 ` Sylvain Munaut
2007-04-11 6:17 ` Olaf Hering
2007-04-11 18:47 ` Matt Sealey
2007-04-11 18:42 ` Matt Sealey
2007-04-12 15:59 ` Olaf Hering
2007-04-13 9:50 ` Matt Sealey
2008-01-21 15:29 ` Olaf Hering
2008-01-21 15:37 ` Olaf Hering [this message]
2008-01-21 15:56 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-01-21 16:09 ` Andreas Schwab
2008-01-21 18:45 ` Grant Likely
2008-01-21 20:34 ` Olaf Hering
2008-01-21 20:38 ` Grant Likely
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