openwrtv4/target/linux/brcm47xx/patches-3.10/116-MIPS-BCM47xx-Remove-CFE-console.patch

From 5219981646071abb6731634bf47781a53e248764 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:11:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] MIPS: BCM47xx: Remove CFE console

Do not use the CFE console. It causes hangs on some devices like the
Buffalo WHR-HP-G54.
This was reported in https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/4061 and
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=17063

Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
---
 arch/mips/Kconfig        |    1 -
 arch/mips/bcm47xx/prom.c |   82 +++------------------------------------------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ config BCM47XX
 	select NO_EXCEPT_FILL
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_32BIT_KERNEL
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-	select SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
 	help
 	 Support for BCM47XX based boards
 
--- a/arch/mips/bcm47xx/prom.c
+++ b/arch/mips/bcm47xx/prom.c
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 #include <bcm47xx.h>
 #include <bcm47xx_board.h>
 
-static int cfe_cons_handle;
-
 static char bcm47xx_system_type[20] = "Broadcom BCM47XX";
 
 const char *get_system_type(void)
@@ -52,89 +50,23 @@ __init void bcm47xx_set_system_type(u16
 		 chip_id);
 }
 
-void prom_putchar(char c)
-{
-	while (cfe_write(cfe_cons_handle, &c, 1) == 0)
-		;
-}
-
-static __init void prom_init_cfe(void)
+static __init int prom_init_cfe(void)
 {
 	uint32_t cfe_ept;
 	uint32_t cfe_handle;
 	uint32_t cfe_eptseal;
-	int argc = fw_arg0;
-	char **envp = (char **) fw_arg2;
-	int *prom_vec = (int *) fw_arg3;
-
-	/*
-	 * Check if a loader was used; if NOT, the 4 arguments are
-	 * what CFE gives us (handle, 0, EPT and EPTSEAL)
-	 */
-	if (argc < 0) {
-		cfe_handle = (uint32_t)argc;
-		cfe_ept = (uint32_t)envp;
-		cfe_eptseal = (uint32_t)prom_vec;
-	} else {
-		if ((int)prom_vec < 0) {
-			/*
-			 * Old loader; all it gives us is the handle,
-			 * so use the "known" entrypoint and assume
-			 * the seal.
-			 */
-			cfe_handle = (uint32_t)prom_vec;
-			cfe_ept = 0xBFC00500;
-			cfe_eptseal = CFE_EPTSEAL;
-		} else {
-			/*
-			 * Newer loaders bundle the handle/ept/eptseal
-			 * Note: prom_vec is in the loader's useg
-			 * which is still alive in the TLB.
-			 */
-			cfe_handle = prom_vec[0];
-			cfe_ept = prom_vec[2];
-			cfe_eptseal = prom_vec[3];
-		}
-	}
+
+	cfe_eptseal = (uint32_t) fw_arg3;
+	cfe_handle = (uint32_t) fw_arg0;
+	cfe_ept = (uint32_t) fw_arg2;
 
 	if (cfe_eptseal != CFE_EPTSEAL) {
-		/* too early for panic to do any good */
 		printk(KERN_ERR "CFE's entrypoint seal doesn't match.");
-		while (1) ;
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	cfe_init(cfe_handle, cfe_ept);
-}
-
-static __init void prom_init_console(void)
-{
-	/* Initialize CFE console */
-	cfe_cons_handle = cfe_getstdhandle(CFE_STDHANDLE_CONSOLE);
-}
-
-static __init void prom_init_cmdline(void)
-{
-	static char buf[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __initdata;
-
-	/* Get the kernel command line from CFE */
-	if (cfe_getenv("LINUX_CMDLINE", buf, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE) >= 0) {
-		buf[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE - 1] = 0;
-		strcpy(arcs_cmdline, buf);
-	}
-
-	/* Force a console handover by adding a console= argument if needed,
-	 * as CFE is not available anymore later in the boot process. */
-	if ((strstr(arcs_cmdline, "console=")) == NULL) {
-		/* Try to read the default serial port used by CFE */
-		if ((cfe_getenv("BOOT_CONSOLE", buf, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE) < 0)
-		    || (strncmp("uart", buf, 4)))
-			/* Default to uart0 */
-			strcpy(buf, "uart0");
-
-		/* Compute the new command line */
-		snprintf(arcs_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE, "%s console=ttyS%c,115200",
-			 arcs_cmdline, buf[4]);
-	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static __init void prom_init_mem(void)
@@ -185,8 +117,6 @@ static __init void prom_init_mem(void)
 void __init prom_init(void)
 {
 	prom_init_cfe();
-	prom_init_console();
-	prom_init_cmdline();
 	prom_init_mem();
 }