[PATCH] early printk tweaks

- Use __pa() around the VGA base address: more friendly for the 4g/4g split.

- Use cpu_relax() rather than open-coding rep_nop().

- Default to 9600 baud

- Move documentation to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

- Make CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK disableable if CONFIG_EMBEDDED

Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ running once the system is up.
 	dtc3181e=	[HW,SCSI]
 
 	earlyprintk=	[x86, x86_64]
-			earlyprintk=vga
-			earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
+			early_printk=vga
+			early_printk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
 
 			Append ,keep to not disable it when the real console
 			takes over.

arch/i386/Kconfig

@@ -1178,7 +1178,17 @@ config DEBUG_KERNEL
 	  identify kernel problems.
 
 config EARLY_PRINTK
+	bool "Early printk" if EMBEDDED
 	default y
+	help
+	  Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer or to a serial
+	  port.
+
+	  This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
+	  early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
+	  it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
+	  with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
+	  unless you want to debug such a crash.
 
 config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
 	bool "Check for stack overflows"

arch/i386/kernel/setup.c

@@ -1123,7 +1123,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 		char *s = strstr(*cmdline_p, "earlyprintk=");
 		if (s) {
 			extern void setup_early_printk(char *);
-			setup_early_printk(s+12);
+
+			setup_early_printk(s);
 			printk("early console enabled\n");
 		}
 	}

arch/x86_64/Kconfig

@@ -48,12 +48,14 @@ config EARLY_PRINTK
 	bool
 	default y
 	help
-	  Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer. This is useful
-	  for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very early before
-	  the console code is initialized. For normal operation it is not
-	  recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate with 
-	  klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here, unless
-	  you want to debug such a crash.
+	  Write kernel log output directly into the VGA buffer or to a serial
+	  port.
+
+	  This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
+	  early before the console code is initialized. For normal operation
+	  it is not recommended because it looks ugly and doesn't cooperate
+	  with klogd/syslogd or the X server. You should normally N here,
+	  unless you want to debug such a crash.
 	  
 config HPET_TIMER
 	bool

arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 /* Simple VGA output */
 
 #ifdef __i386__
-#define VGABASE		(__PAGE_OFFSET + 0xb8000UL)
+#define VGABASE		__pa(__PAGE_OFFSET + 0xb8000UL)
 #else
 #define VGABASE		0xffffffff800b8000UL
 #endif
@@ -26,15 +26,14 @@ static void early_vga_write(struct console *con, const char *str, unsigned n)
 	while ((c = *str++) != '\0' && n-- > 0) {
 		if (current_ypos >= MAX_YPOS) {
 			/* scroll 1 line up */
-			for(k = 1, j = 0; k < MAX_YPOS; k++, j++) {
-				for(i = 0; i < MAX_XPOS; i++) {
+			for (k = 1, j = 0; k < MAX_YPOS; k++, j++) {
+				for (i = 0; i < MAX_XPOS; i++) {
 					writew(readw(VGABASE + 2*(MAX_XPOS*k + i)),
 					       VGABASE + 2*(MAX_XPOS*j + i));
 				}
 			}
-			for(i = 0; i < MAX_XPOS; i++) {
+			for (i = 0; i < MAX_XPOS; i++)
 				writew(0x720, VGABASE + 2*(MAX_XPOS*j + i));
-			}
 			current_ypos = MAX_YPOS-1;
 		}
 		if (c == '\n') {
@@ -42,7 +41,8 @@ static void early_vga_write(struct console *con, const char *str, unsigned n)
 			current_ypos++;
 		} else if (c != '\r')  {
 			writew(((0x7 << 8) | (unsigned short) c),
-			       VGABASE + 2*(MAX_XPOS*current_ypos + current_xpos++));
+			       VGABASE + 2*(MAX_XPOS*current_ypos +
+						current_xpos++));
 			if (current_xpos >= MAX_XPOS) {
 				current_xpos = 0;
 				current_ypos++;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static int early_serial_putc(unsigned char ch)
 { 
 	unsigned timeout = 0xffff; 
 	while ((inb(early_serial_base + LSR) & XMTRDY) == 0 && --timeout) 
-		rep_nop(); 
+		cpu_relax();
 	outb(ch, early_serial_base + TXR);
 	return timeout ? 0 : -1;
 } 
@@ -97,10 +97,13 @@ static void early_serial_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned n)
 	} 
 } 
 
+#define DEFAULT_BAUD 9600
+
 static __init void early_serial_init(char *opt)
 {
 	unsigned char c; 
-	unsigned divisor, baud = 38400;
+	unsigned divisor;
+	unsigned baud = DEFAULT_BAUD;
 	char *s, *e;
 
 	if (*opt == ',') 
@@ -113,8 +116,9 @@ static __init void early_serial_init(char *opt)
 			early_serial_base = simple_strtoul(s, &e, 16);
 		} else {
 			static int bases[] = { 0x3f8, 0x2f8 };
+
 			if (!strncmp(s,"ttyS",4))
-			s+=4; 
+				s += 4;
 			port = simple_strtoul(s, &e, 10);
 			if (port > 1 || s == e)
 				port = 0;
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ static __init void early_serial_init(char *opt)
 	if (s != NULL) { 
 		baud = simple_strtoul(s, &e, 0); 
 		if (baud == 0 || s == e) 
-			baud = 38400;
+			baud = DEFAULT_BAUD;
 	} 
 	
 	divisor = 115200 / baud; 
@@ -158,6 +162,7 @@ void early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
 	char buf[512]; 
 	int n; 
 	va_list ap;
+
 	va_start(ap,fmt); 
 	n = vsnprintf(buf,512,fmt,ap);
 	early_console->write(early_console,buf,n);
@@ -174,6 +179,8 @@ int __init setup_early_printk(char *opt)
 	if (early_console_initialized)
 		return -1;
 
+	opt = strchr(opt, '=') + 1;
+
 	strlcpy(buf,opt,sizeof(buf)); 
 	space = strchr(buf, ' '); 
 	if (space)
@@ -204,19 +211,12 @@ void __init disable_early_printk(void)
 	if (!early_console_initialized || !early_console)
 		return;
 	if (!keep_early) {
-		printk("disabling early console...\n"); 
+		printk("disabling early console\n");
 		unregister_console(early_console);
 		early_console_initialized = 0;
 	} else { 
-		printk("keeping early console.\n"); 
+		printk("keeping early console\n");
 	}
 } 
 
-/* syntax: earlyprintk=vga
-           earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]] 
-   Append ,keep to not disable it when the real console takes over.
-   Only vga or serial at a time, not both.
-   Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 are supported. 
-   Interaction with the standard serial driver is not very good. 
-   The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real console. */
 __setup("earlyprintk=", setup_early_printk);

arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
 		strcat(saved_command_line, " console=tty0"); 
 	s = strstr(saved_command_line, "earlyprintk=");
 	if (s != NULL)
-		setup_early_printk(s+12); 
+		setup_early_printk(s);
 #ifdef CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM
 	s = strstr(saved_command_line, "numa=");
 	if (s != NULL)