[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/5] Revert "Add board_pre_console_putc to deal with early console output"

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Mon Mar 19 21:27:00 CET 2012


This reverts commit 295d3942b806552503243f5cfb36aec6f1b5a9bf.

It turns that this really doesn't work very nicely. Instead we should
have a pre-console panic function so that we know that further execution
is impossible and we don't need to worry about trampling on UARTs, etc.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
---
 README           |   17 -----------------
 common/console.c |   10 +---------
 include/common.h |    7 -------
 3 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index 7adf7c7..84757a5 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -638,23 +638,6 @@ The following options need to be configured:
 		'Sane' compilers will generate smaller code if
 		CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ is a power of 2
 
-- Pre-console putc():
-		Prior to the console being initialised, console output is
-		normally silently discarded. This can be annoying if a
-		panic() happens in this time.
-
-		If the CONFIG_PRE_CONSOLE_PUTC option is defined, then
-		U-Boot will call board_pre_console_putc() for each output
-		character in this case, This function should try to output
-		the character if possible, perhaps on all available UARTs
-		(it will need to do this directly, since the console code
-		is not functional yet). Note that if the panic happens
-		early enough, then it is possible that board_init_f()
-		(or even arch_cpu_init() on ARM) has not been called yet.
-		You should init all clocks, GPIOs, etc. that are needed
-		to get the character out. Baud rates will need to default
-		to something sensible.
-
 - Safe printf() functions
 		Define CONFIG_SYS_VSNPRINTF to compile in safe versions of
 		the printf() functions. These are defined in
diff --git a/common/console.c b/common/console.c
index 1d9fd7f..1177f7d 100644
--- a/common/console.c
+++ b/common/console.c
@@ -329,19 +329,14 @@ int tstc(void)
 	return serial_tstc();
 }
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_PRE_CONSOLE_BUFFER) || defined(CONFIG_PRE_CONSOLE_PUTC)
+#ifdef CONFIG_PRE_CONSOLE_BUFFER
 #define CIRC_BUF_IDX(idx) ((idx) % (unsigned long)CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ)
 
 static void pre_console_putc(const char c)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_PRE_CONSOLE_BUFFER
 	char *buffer = (char *)CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_ADDR;
 
 	buffer[CIRC_BUF_IDX(gd->precon_buf_idx++)] = c;
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_PRE_CONSOLE_PUTC
-	board_pre_console_putc(c);
-#endif
 }
 
 static void pre_console_puts(const char *s)
@@ -352,7 +347,6 @@ static void pre_console_puts(const char *s)
 
 static void print_pre_console_buffer(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_PRE_CONSOLE_BUFFER
 	unsigned long i = 0;
 	char *buffer = (char *)CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_ADDR;
 
@@ -361,9 +355,7 @@ static void print_pre_console_buffer(void)
 
 	while (i < gd->precon_buf_idx)
 		putc(buffer[CIRC_BUF_IDX(i++)]);
-#endif
 }
-
 #else
 static inline void pre_console_putc(const char c) {}
 static inline void pre_console_puts(const char *s) {}
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index 59e0b00..b588410 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -285,13 +285,6 @@ extern ulong monitor_flash_len;
 int mac_read_from_eeprom(void);
 extern u8 _binary_dt_dtb_start[];	/* embedded device tree blob */
 
-/*
- * Called when console output is requested before the console is available.
- * The board should do its best to get the character out to the user any way
- * it can.
- */
-void board_pre_console_putc(int ch);
-
 /* common/flash.c */
 void flash_perror (int);
 
-- 
1.7.7.3



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