This patch builds upon the recently introduced CBMEM console
feature of coreboot.
CBMEM console uses a memry area allocated by coreboot to store
the console output. The memory area has a certain structure,
which allows to determine where the buffer is, the buffer size
and the location of the pointer in the buffer. This allows
different phases of the firmware (rom based coreboot, ram based
coreboot, u-boot after relocation with this change) to keep
adding text to the same buffer.
Note that this patch introduces a new console driver and adds the
driver to the list of drivers to be used for console output, i.e.
it engages only after u-boot relocates. Usiong CBMEM console for
capturing the pre-relocation console output will be done under a
separate change.
>From Linux, run the cbmem.py utility (which is a part of the coreboot
package) to see the output, e.g.:
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
SCSI: AHCI 0001.0300 32 slots 6 ports ? Gbps 0xf impl SATA mode
flags: 64bit ilck stag led pmp pio
...
Magic signature found
Kernel command line: "cros_secure quiet loglevel=1 console=tty2...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Note that the entire u-boot output fits into the buffer only if
the coreboot log level is reduced from the most verbose. Ether
the buffer size will have to be increased, or the coreboot
verbosity permanently reduced.
Signed-off-by: Vadim Bendebury <vbendeb@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
The 'trab' board configuration is broken, and there is nobody who is
interested and willing to fix it. Drop it.
This includes support for VFD displays which have always been used by
this board only.
Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
So far the console API uses the following naming convention:
======Extract======
typedef struct device_t;
int device_register (device_t * dev);
int devices_init (void);
int device_deregister(char *devname);
struct list_head* device_get_list(void);
device_t* device_get_by_name(char* name);
device_t* device_clone(device_t *dev);
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which is too generic and confusing.
Instead of using device_XX and device_t we change this
into stdio_XX and stdio_dev
This will also allow to add later a generic device mechanism in order
to have support for multiple devices and driver instances.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>
Edited commit message.
Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Vadim Bendebury
Wolfgang Denk
Mike Frysinger
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD