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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c | 29 |
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 92eb1f42240d..34e6800dea0e 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]] earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate] earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#] - earlyprintk=pciserial,bus:device.function[,baudrate] + earlyprintk=pciserial[,force],bus:device.function[,baudrate] earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#] earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before @@ -1095,6 +1095,10 @@ The sclp output can only be used on s390. + The optional "force" to "pciserial" enables use of a + PCI device even when its classcode is not of the + UART class. + edac_report= [HW,EDAC] Control how to report EDAC event Format: {"on" | "off" | "force"} on: enable EDAC to report H/W event. May be overridden diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c index 5e801c8c8ce7..374a52fa5296 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c @@ -213,8 +213,9 @@ static unsigned int mem32_serial_in(unsigned long addr, int offset) * early_pci_serial_init() * * This function is invoked when the early_printk param starts with "pciserial" - * The rest of the param should be ",B:D.F,baud" where B, D & F describe the - * location of a PCI device that must be a UART device. + * The rest of the param should be "[force],B:D.F,baud", where B, D & F describe + * the location of a PCI device that must be a UART device. "force" is optional + * and overrides the use of an UART device with a wrong PCI class code. */ static __init void early_pci_serial_init(char *s) { @@ -224,17 +225,23 @@ static __init void early_pci_serial_init(char *s) u32 classcode, bar0; u16 cmdreg; char *e; + int force = 0; - - /* - * First, part the param to get the BDF values - */ if (*s == ',') ++s; if (*s == 0) return; + /* Force the use of an UART device with wrong class code */ + if (!strncmp(s, "force,", 6)) { + force = 1; + s += 6; + } + + /* + * Part the param to get the BDF values + */ bus = (u8)simple_strtoul(s, &e, 16); s = e; if (*s != ':') @@ -253,7 +260,7 @@ static __init void early_pci_serial_init(char *s) s++; /* - * Second, find the device from the BDF + * Find the device from the BDF */ cmdreg = read_pci_config(bus, slot, func, PCI_COMMAND); classcode = read_pci_config(bus, slot, func, PCI_CLASS_REVISION); @@ -264,8 +271,10 @@ static __init void early_pci_serial_init(char *s) */ if (((classcode >> 16 != PCI_CLASS_COMMUNICATION_MODEM) && (classcode >> 16 != PCI_CLASS_COMMUNICATION_SERIAL)) || - (((classcode >> 8) & 0xff) != 0x02)) /* 16550 I/F at BAR0 */ - return; + (((classcode >> 8) & 0xff) != 0x02)) /* 16550 I/F at BAR0 */ { + if (!force) + return; + } /* * Determine if it is IO or memory mapped @@ -289,7 +298,7 @@ static __init void early_pci_serial_init(char *s) } /* - * Lastly, initialize the hardware + * Initialize the hardware */ if (*s) { if (strcmp(s, "nocfg") == 0) |