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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/1] x86: Add config option to setup early serial console
Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> wrote:
>> * Add config option EARLY_SERIAL_CONSOLE to enable early
>> printk's to be directed to the serial console.
>>
>> Based on linux-next
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
>> ---
>>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 9 +++++++++
>> arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c | 4 ++++
>> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
>>
>> --- linux-2.6-next.orig/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
>> +++ linux-2.6-next/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
>> @@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ config EARLY_PRINTK
>> with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
>> unless you want to debug such a crash.
>>
>> +config EARLY_SERIAL_CONSOLE
>> + bool "Early Serial Console"
>> + default n
>> + help
>> + Initializes the early console to be the serial port. The default
>> + is to use the VGA console.
>> +
>> + This is useful for server systems that do not have a VGA console.
>> +
>> config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
>> bool "Check for stack overflows"
>> depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
>> --- linux-2.6-next.orig/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
>> +++ linux-2.6-next/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
>> @@ -193,7 +193,11 @@ static struct console simnow_console = {
>> };
>>
>> /* Direct interface for emergencies */
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_SERIAL_CONSOLE
>> +static struct console *early_console = &early_serial_console;
>> +#else
>> static struct console *early_console = &early_vga_console;
>> +#endif
>> static int early_console_initialized;
>>
>> void early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
>>
>
> can you check if it can work with
> console=uart8250,io,0x3f8,115200
>
> that is early console, and will switch to normal console automatically
>
> YH

I'll rework the patch to enable the serial console as early as possible.
Currently, it's done quite a ways down in start_kernel().

Thanks,
Mike


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