[PATCH v7 3/5] x86: add support for earlyprintk via USB3 debug port

From: Lu Baolu
Date: Mon Feb 13 2017 - 21:28:32 EST


Add support for early printk by writing debug messages to the
USB3 debug port. Users can use this type of early printk by
specifying kernel parameter of "earlyprintk=xdbc". This gives
users a chance of providing debug output.

The hardware for USB3 debug port requires DMA memory blocks.
This requires to delay setting up debugging hardware and
registering boot console until the memblocks are filled.

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 1 +
arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c | 5 +++++
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 4 ++++
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index be7c0d9..4bf6138 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -988,6 +988,7 @@
earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
earlyprintk=pciserial,bus:device.function[,baudrate]
+ earlyprintk=xdbc[xhciController#]

earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
index 8a12199..0f08403 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <asm/intel-mid.h>
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
#include <linux/usb/ehci_def.h>
+#include <linux/usb/xhci-dbgp.h>
#include <linux/efi.h>
#include <asm/efi.h>
#include <asm/pci_x86.h>
@@ -381,6 +382,10 @@ static int __init setup_early_printk(char *buf)
if (!strncmp(buf, "efi", 3))
early_console_register(&early_efi_console, keep);
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_USB_XDBC
+ if (!strncmp(buf, "xdbc", 4))
+ early_xdbc_parse_parameter(buf + 4);
+#endif

buf++;
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index aab7faa..10822b0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
#include <linux/tboot.h>
#include <linux/jiffies.h>

+#include <linux/usb/xhci-dbgp.h>
#include <video/edid.h>

#include <asm/mtrr.h>
@@ -1142,6 +1143,9 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
memblock_set_current_limit(ISA_END_ADDRESS);
memblock_x86_fill();

+ if (!early_xdbc_setup_hardware())
+ early_xdbc_register_console();
+
reserve_bios_regions();

if (efi_enabled(EFI_MEMMAP)) {
--
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