From 471e7a44848f467c9b83adc3463d019d2fa8817f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Chubb <peterc@gelato.unsw.edu.au>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:03:07 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] [IA64] Enable early console for Ski simulator
When using Ski to debug early startup, it's a bit of a pain not to
have printk.
This patch enables the simulated console very early.
It may be worth conditionalising on the command line... but this is
enough for now.
Signed-off-by: Peter Chubb <peterc@gelato.unsw.edu.au>
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
---
arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index cd9a37a552c3..407efea04bf5 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -389,6 +389,13 @@ early_console_setup (char *cmdline)
if (!efi_setup_pcdp_console(cmdline))
earlycons++;
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_HP_SIMSERIAL_CONSOLE
+ {
+ extern struct console hpsim_cons;
+ register_console(&hpsim_cons);
+ earlycons++;
+ }
+#endif
return (earlycons) ? 0 : -1;
}
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