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SubjectRe: [PATCH] powerpc/lpar - defer prefered console setup
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On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 20:56 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
> Hi
>
> The powerpc lpar code adds a prefered console at a very early state,
> during arch_setup. This runs even before the console setup from the
> command line and takes preference.
>
> This patch moves the prefered console setup into an arch_initcall which
> runs later and allows the specification of the correct console on the
> command line. The udbg console remains as boot console.
>
> There is a different problem that the code does not pick up the correct
> console because it uses a part (4) of the lpar device number (30000004)
> instead of the correct index 1.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>

Shouldn't it be a console_initcall() ?

Now, regarding the "different problem" I think it's even worse than
that, looking at the code there's some non sensical things in here...

add_preferred_console() argument is what gets compared to
console->index, right ? Now if you look at hvc_instantiate(),
it compares each "index" argument passed in to hvc_con_driver.index,
and that index argument passed from hvc_find_vtys() has strictly
nothing to do with the vtermno, it's purely the index of the node
found in order...

So I think the whole stuff is non-sensical and needs fixing.

Cheers,
Ben.

> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
> index 9235c46..626290d 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
> @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ extern void pSeries_find_serial_port(void);
>
>
> int vtermno; /* virtual terminal# for udbg */
> +static char *console_name;
>
> #define __ALIGNED__ __attribute__((__aligned__(sizeof(long))))
> static void udbg_hvsi_putc(char c)
> @@ -232,18 +233,24 @@ void __init find_udbg_vterm(void)
> udbg_putc = udbg_putcLP;
> udbg_getc = udbg_getcLP;
> udbg_getc_poll = udbg_getc_pollLP;
> - add_preferred_console("hvc", termno[0] & 0xff, NULL);
> + console_name = "hvc";
> } else if (of_device_is_compatible(stdout_node, "hvterm-protocol")) {
> - vtermno = termno[0];
> udbg_putc = udbg_hvsi_putc;
> udbg_getc = udbg_hvsi_getc;
> udbg_getc_poll = udbg_hvsi_getc_poll;
> - add_preferred_console("hvsi", termno[0] & 0xff, NULL);
> + console_name = "hvsi";
> }
> out:
> of_node_put(stdout_node);
> }
>
> +static void __init enable_vterm(void)
> +{
> + if (console_name)
> + add_preferred_console(console_name, vtermno, NULL);
> +}
> +arch_initcall(enable_vterm);
> +
> void vpa_init(int cpu)
> {
> int hwcpu = get_hard_smp_processor_id(cpu);
>



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