[U-Boot] [PATCH] sunxi: Set the /chosen/stdout-path fdt property for sunxi boards

[Tom Rini]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 04:59:09PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:

> While discussing with some people how to get the Linux kernel to do the
> right thing wrt sending output to both the serial console and the
> hdmi out / lcd screen when booting on ARM devices, Grant Likely pointed out
> that there already is a solution for this.
> 
> All we need to do is set the /chosen/stdout-path fdt property, and if no
> console= arguments were specified on the kernel commandline the kernel
> will honor this and add this device as a console (next to the primary
> video output on hdmi).
> 
> And u-boot already has support for setting this, all we need to do is
> define OF_STDOUT_PATH and then everything will just work ootb, without
> people needing to meddle with adding console= arguments in extlinux.conf .
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com>
> ---
>  include/configs/sunxi-common.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/configs/sunxi-common.h b/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
> index 20e11cf..cd02baf 100644
> --- a/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
> +++ b/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
> @@ -263,6 +263,20 @@ extern int soft_i2c_gpio_scl;
>  #define CONFIG_CONS_INDEX              1       /* UART0 */
>  #endif
>  
> +#if CONFIG_CONS_INDEX == 1
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_SUN9I
> +#define OF_STDOUT_PATH		"/soc/serial at 07000000:115200"
> +#else
> +#define OF_STDOUT_PATH		"/soc at 01c00000/serial at 01c28000:115200"
> +#endif
> +#elif CONFIG_CONS_INDEX == 2 && defined(CONFIG_MACH_SUN5I)
> +#define OF_STDOUT_PATH		"/soc at 01c00000/serial at 01c28400:115200"
> +#elif CONFIG_CONS_INDEX == 5 && defined(CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I)
> +#define OF_STDOUT_PATH		"/soc at 01c00000/serial at 01f02800:115200"
> +#else
> +#error Unsupported console port nr. Please fix stdout-path in sunxi-common.h.
> +#endif
> +
>  /* GPIO */
>  #define CONFIG_SUNXI_GPIO
>  #define CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT

Long term we need to make this not be a hard-coded define perhaps?  But
for today,

Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini at ti.com>

-- 
Tom
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