xen: use the hvc console infrastructure for Xen console
Implement a Xen back-end for hvc console.
* * *
Add early printk support via hvc console, enable using
"earlyprintk=xen" on the kernel command line.
From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Acked-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
diff --git a/arch/i386/xen/events.c b/arch/i386/xen/events.c
index 4103b8b..8904acc 100644
--- a/arch/i386/xen/events.c
+++ b/arch/i386/xen/events.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
return irq;
}
-static int bind_evtchn_to_irq(unsigned int evtchn)
+int bind_evtchn_to_irq(unsigned int evtchn)
{
int irq;
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@
return irq;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bind_evtchn_to_irq);
static int bind_ipi_to_irq(unsigned int ipi, unsigned int cpu)
{
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
index 296d2b0..fd9aff3 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#include <asm/io.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/fcntl.h>
+#include <xen/hvc-console.h>
/* Simple VGA output */
@@ -242,6 +243,10 @@
simnow_init(buf + 6);
early_console = &simnow_console;
keep_early = 1;
+#ifdef CONFIG_HVC_XEN
+ } else if (!strncmp(buf, "xen", 3)) {
+ early_console = &xenboot_console;
+#endif
}
if (keep_early)