Re: [PATCH] MIPS: drop selected EARLY_PRINTK configs for MACH_REALTEK_RTL

From: Thomas Bogendoerfer
Date: Thu Dec 16 2021 - 10:07:56 EST


On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 09:06:02PM +0100, Sander Vanheule wrote:
> MACH_REALTEK_RTL declares that the system supports early printk , but
> this is not actually implemented as intended. The system is left with a
> non-functional early0 console because the setup_8250_early_printk_port()
> call provided for MIPS_GENERIC is never used to set this up. Generic
> ns16550a earlycon works, so devices should use that for early output.
> This means that SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK and USE_GENERIC_EARLY_PRINTK_8250
> do not need to be selected.
>
> Additionally, as reported by Lukas Bulwahn, the selected symbol
> SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK_8250 does not actually exist, so should also be
> dropped.
>
> Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bert Vermeulen <bert@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sander Vanheule <sander@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/mips/Kconfig | 3 ---
> 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
> index 63eb66a22691..9a3a2330fc69 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
> @@ -642,9 +642,6 @@ config MACH_REALTEK_RTL
> select SYS_SUPPORTS_MIPS16
> select SYS_SUPPORTS_MULTITHREADING
> select SYS_SUPPORTS_VPE_LOADER
> - select SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
> - select SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK_8250
> - select USE_GENERIC_EARLY_PRINTK_8250
> select BOOT_RAW
> select PINCTRL
> select USE_OF
> --
> 2.33.1

applied to mips-next.

Thomas.

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