your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the
kernel at boot time.)
+config SERIAL_EARLYCON_ARM_SEMIHOST
+ bool "Early console using ARM semihosting"
+ depends on ARM64 || ARM
+ select SERIAL_EARLYCON
+ help
+ Support for early debug console using ARM semihosting. This enables
+ the console before standard serial driver is probed. This is enabled
+ with "earlycon=smh" on the kernel command line. The console is
+ enabled when early_param is processed.
+
config SERIAL_SB1250_DUART
tristate "BCM1xxx on-chip DUART serial support"
depends on SIBYTE_SB1xxx_SOC=y
--- /dev/null
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 ARM Ltd.
+ * Author: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
+ *
+ * Adapted for ARM and earlycon:
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Linaro Ltd.
+ * Author: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/console.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/serial_core.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL
+#define SEMIHOST_SWI "0xab"
+#else
+#define SEMIHOST_SWI "0x123456"
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Semihosting-based debug console
+ */
+static void smh_putc(struct uart_port *port, int c)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
+ asm volatile("mov x1, %0\n"
+ "mov x0, #3\n"
+ "hlt 0xf000\n"
+ : : "r" (&c) : "x0", "x1", "memory");
+#else
+ asm volatile("mov r1, %0\n"
+ "mov r0, #3\n"
+ "svc " SEMIHOST_SWI "\n"
+ : : "r" (&c) : "r0", "r1", "memory");
+#endif
+}
+
+static void smh_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned n)
+{
+ struct earlycon_device *dev = con->data;
+ uart_console_write(&dev->port, s, n, smh_putc);
+}
+
+int __init early_smh_setup(struct earlycon_device *device, const char *opt)
+{
+ device->con->write = smh_write;
+ return 0;
+}
+EARLYCON_DECLARE(smh, early_smh_setup);