1 files changed, 34 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/spcr.c b/drivers/acpi/spcr.c
index 4ac3e06b41d8..98aa8c808a33 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/spcr.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/spcr.c
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
 #include <linux/serial_core.h>
 
 /*
+ * Erratum 44 for QDF2432v1 and QDF2400v1 SoCs describes the BUSY bit as
+ * occasionally getting stuck as 1. To avoid the potential for a hang, check
+ * TXFE == 0 instead of BUSY == 1. This may not be suitable for all UART
+ * implementations, so only do so if an affected platform is detected in
+ * parse_spcr().
+ */
+bool qdf2400_e44_present;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(qdf2400_e44_present);
+
+/*
  * Some Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies SoCs have a defective UART BUSY bit.
  * Detect them by examining the OEM fields in the SPCR header, similiar to PCI
  * quirk detection in pci_mcfg.c.
@@ -147,8 +157,30 @@ int __init parse_spcr(bool earlycon)
                 goto done;
         }
 
-        if (qdf2400_erratum_44_present(&table->header))
-                uart = "qdf2400_e44";
+        /*
+         * If the E44 erratum is required, then we need to tell the pl011
+         * driver to implement the work-around.
+         *
+         * The global variable is used by the probe function when it
+         * creates the UARTs, whether or not they're used as a console.
+         *
+         * If the user specifies "traditional" earlycon, the qdf2400_e44
+         * console name matches the EARLYCON_DECLARE() statement, and
+         * SPCR is not used.  Parameter "earlycon" is false.
+         *
+         * If the user specifies "SPCR" earlycon, then we need to update
+         * the console name so that it also says "qdf2400_e44".  Parameter
+         * "earlycon" is true.
+         *
+         * For consistency, if we change the console name, then we do it
+         * for everyone, not just earlycon.
+         */
+        if (qdf2400_erratum_44_present(&table->header)) {
+                qdf2400_e44_present = true;
+                if (earlycon)
+                        uart = "qdf2400_e44";
+        }
+
         if (xgene_8250_erratum_present(table))
                 iotype = "mmio32";