tree ab7e97857ab2dd0e894e72a08bc1b3d46130ff92
parent ae0d7cbc99890b3a417a5705763784b8551a10d6
author Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com> 1386002918 +0000
committer Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> 1390478555 +0100

MIPS: Malta: use generic 8250 early console

This patch switches Malta from using the MIPS implementation of early
printk with Malta's prom_putchar to using the generic 8250_early
implementation. This offers a couple of advantages:

  - We duplicate less generic code.

  - The UART can be initialised rather than being reliant upon
    inheriting a valid setup from the bootloader.

The Malta console_config function is extended to initialise the early
console if no earlycon= kernel parameter is provided, inheriting the
modetty0 bootloader environment if present and falling back to a
default 38400n8r setup if not. This matches the behaviour used for the
regular console= parameter.

Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
Reviewed-by: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@imgtec.com>
Reviewed-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Signed-off-by: John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>
Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/6183/