[PATCH] arch: arm64: dts: apple: Remove stdout-path

Akihiko Odaki akihiko.odaki at daynix.com
Thu Dec 1 02:36:51 PST 2022


u-boot overrides stdout-path so that it points to /chosen/framebuffer
with some condition.
> arm: apple: Point stdout-path to framebuffer when keyboard present
>
> Unless you have a spare Apple Silicon machine, getting access to
> the serial port on Apple Silicon machines requires special
> hardware. Given that most machines come with a built-in screen
> the framebuffer is likely to be the most convenient output device
> for most users. While U-Boot will output to both serial and
> framebuffer, OSes might not. Therefore set stdout-path to point
> at /chosen/framebuffer when a keyboard is connected to the machine.
https://github.com/AsahiLinux/u-boot/commit/a609353e82fd757b7635d18ed6a0828fff657d59

Perhaps it made sense to specify serial0 as stdout-path when the
framebuffer and keyboard support was inmature, but today it is
preferrable to use /chosen/framebuffer instead of serial0 for the
console in the most cases as the u-boot change states.

Remove stdout-path to allow the kernel to choose the appropriate
console. For Linux, it will be VT, which will be eventually backed by
the framebuffer, if it is enabled. Otherwise, it will fall back to the
serial.

Signed-off-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki at daynix.com>
---
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t600x-j314-j316.dtsi | 2 --
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t600x-j375.dtsi      | 2 --
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t8103-jxxx.dtsi      | 2 --
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t8112-jxxx.dtsi      | 2 --
 4 files changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t600x-j314-j316.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t600x-j314-j316.dtsi
index 5547f5e7ac5a..14b6bf234f82 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t600x-j314-j316.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t600x-j314-j316.dtsi
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ chosen {
 		#size-cells = <2>;
 		ranges;
 
-		stdout-path = "serial0";
-
 		framebuffer0: framebuffer at 0 {
 			compatible = "apple,simple-framebuffer", "simple-framebuffer";
 			reg = <0 0 0 0>; /* To be filled by loader */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t600x-j375.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t600x-j375.dtsi
index 7c207b1df949..22e96b436bf2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t600x-j375.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t600x-j375.dtsi
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ chosen {
 		#size-cells = <2>;
 		ranges;
 
-		stdout-path = "serial0";
-
 		framebuffer0: framebuffer at 0 {
 			compatible = "apple,simple-framebuffer", "simple-framebuffer";
 			reg = <0 0 0 0>; /* To be filled by loader */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t8103-jxxx.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t8103-jxxx.dtsi
index 3c5da0e5a41d..d2483f618d44 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t8103-jxxx.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t8103-jxxx.dtsi
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ chosen {
 		#size-cells = <2>;
 		ranges;
 
-		stdout-path = "serial0";
-
 		framebuffer0: framebuffer at 0 {
 			compatible = "apple,simple-framebuffer", "simple-framebuffer";
 			reg = <0 0 0 0>; /* To be filled by loader */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t8112-jxxx.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t8112-jxxx.dtsi
index b6b815d93c3e..af4153dcb55d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t8112-jxxx.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/t8112-jxxx.dtsi
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ chosen {
 		#size-cells = <2>;
 		ranges;
 
-		stdout-path = "serial0";
-
 		framebuffer0: framebuffer at 0 {
 			compatible = "apple,simple-framebuffer", "simple-framebuffer";
 			reg = <0 0 0 0>; /* To be filled by loader */
-- 
2.38.1




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