linux/arch/powerpc
Gerd Hoffmann 69331af79c Fixes and cleanups for earlyprintk aka boot console
The console subsystem already has an idea of a boot console, using the
CON_BOOT flag.  The implementation has some flaws though.  The major
problem is that presence of a boot console makes register_console() ignore
any other console devices (unless explicitly specified on the kernel
command line).

This patch fixes the console selection code to *not* consider a boot
console a full-featured one, so the first non-boot console registering will
become the default console instead.  This way the unregister call for the
boot console in the register_console() function actually triggers and the
handover from the boot console to the real console device works smoothly.
Added a printk for the handover, so you know which console device the
output goes to when the boot console stops printing messages.

The disable_early_printk() call is obsolete with that patch, explicitly
disabling the early console isn't needed any more as it works automagically
with that patch.

I've walked through the tree, dropped all disable_early_printk() instances
found below arch/ and tagged the consoles with CON_BOOT if needed.  The
code is tested on x86, sh (thanks to Paul) and mips (thanks to Ralf).

Changes to last version: Rediffed against -rc3, adapted to mips cleanups by
Ralf, fixed "udbg-immortal" cmd line arg on powerpc.

Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@exsuse.de>
Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08 11:15:04 -07:00
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boot [POWERPC] Add dt_xlate_addr() to bootwrapper 2007-04-30 11:02:05 +10:00
configs [POWERPC] Rename MPIC_BROKEN_U3 to MPIC_U3_HT_IRQS 2007-04-24 22:06:58 +10:00
kernel Fixes and cleanups for earlyprintk aka boot console 2007-05-08 11:15:04 -07:00
lib Merge branch 'linux-2.6' into for-2.6.22 2007-04-30 12:38:01 +10:00
math-emu
mm use SLAB_PANIC flag cleanup 2007-05-08 11:14:57 -07:00
oprofile [POWERPC] Spinlock initializer cleanup 2007-04-30 11:02:06 +10:00
platforms slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
sysdev Merge branch 'for-2.6.22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc 2007-04-30 08:10:12 -07:00
xmon [POWERPC] Fix WARN_ON when entering xmon 2007-04-27 21:13:28 +10:00
.gitignore
Kconfig PowerPC: Disable SLUB for configurations in which slab page structs are modified 2007-05-07 12:12:53 -07:00
Kconfig.debug [POWERPC] DEBUG_PAGEALLOC for 64-bit 2007-04-13 04:09:39 +10:00
Makefile [POWERPC] Enable make install 2007-04-27 21:13:43 +10:00