arm: K3: common: Allow for early console functionality
Implement an early console functionality in SPL that can be used before
the main console is being brought up. This helps in situations where the
main console is dependent on System Firmware (SYSFW) being up and running,
which is usually not the case during the very early stages of boot. Using
this early console functionality will allow for an alternate serial port
to be used to support things like UART-based boot and early diagnostic
messages until the main console is ready to get activated.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Dannenberg <dannenberg@ti.com>
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-k3/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-k3/Kconfig
index de1c1cc..5583241 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-k3/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-k3/Kconfig
@@ -66,6 +66,27 @@
int
default 16
+config K3_EARLY_CONS
+ bool "Activate to allow for an early console during SPL"
+ depends on SPL
+ help
+ Turn this option on to enable an early console functionality in SPL
+ before the main console is being brought up. This can be useful in
+ situations where the main console is dependent on System Firmware
+ (SYSFW) being up and running, which is usually not the case during
+ the very early stages of boot. Using this early console functionality
+ will allow for an alternate serial port to be used to support things
+ like UART-based boot and early diagnostic messages until the main
+ console is ready to get activated.
+
+config K3_EARLY_CONS_IDX
+ depends on K3_EARLY_CONS
+ int "Index of serial device to use for SPL early console"
+ default 1
+ help
+ Use this option to set the index of the serial device to be used
+ for the early console during SPL execution.
+
config K3_LOAD_SYSFW
bool
depends on SPL