From b6b33d104ddca734a0348f7e7794ccb1709f8df8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Glass Date: Thu, 4 May 2023 16:55:03 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] x86: coreboot: Document how to enable the debug UART This is not obvious so add a little note about how it works. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass Reviewed-by: Bin Meng --- doc/board/coreboot/coreboot.rst | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/board/coreboot/coreboot.rst b/doc/board/coreboot/coreboot.rst index 4a5f101cad..0fe95af56d 100644 --- a/doc/board/coreboot/coreboot.rst +++ b/doc/board/coreboot/coreboot.rst @@ -71,3 +71,32 @@ Memory map (typically redirects to 7ab10030 or similar) 500 Location of coreboot sysinfo table, used during startup ========== ================================================================== + + +Debug UART +---------- + +It is possible to enable the debug UART with coreboot. To do this, use the +info from the cbsysinfo command to locate the UART base. For example:: + + => cbsysinfo + ... + Serial I/O port: 00000000 + base : 00000000 + pointer : 767b51bc + type : 2 + base : fe03e000 + baud : 0d115200 + regwidth : 4 + input_hz : 0d1843200 + PCI addr : 00000010 + ... + +Here you can see that the UART base is fe03e000, regwidth is 4 (1 << 2) and the +input clock is 1843200. So you can add the following CONFIG options:: + + CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y + CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=fe03e000 + CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_CLOCK=1843200 + CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_SHIFT=2 + CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_ANNOUNCE=y -- 2.39.5