5 files changed, 18 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index de12397b60a9..b801a332fb6f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -789,19 +789,31 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                         (mmio) or 32-bit (mmio32).
                         The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
 
-        earlyprintk=    [X86,SH,BLACKFIN]
+        earlyprintk=    [X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM]
                         earlyprintk=vga
                         earlyprintk=xen
                         earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
+                        earlyprintk=serial[,0x...[,baudrate]]
                         earlyprintk=ttySn[,baudrate]
                         earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#]
 
+                        earlyprintk is useful when the kernel crashes before
+                        the normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
+                        default because it has some cosmetic problems.
+
                         Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console
                         takes over.
 
                         Only vga or serial or usb debug port at a time.
 
-                        Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 are supported.
+                        Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 may be specified by
+                        name.  Other I/O ports may be explicitly specified
+                        on some architectures (x86 and arm at least) by
+                        replacing ttySn with an I/O port address, like this:
+                                earlyprintk=serial,0x1008,115200
+                        You can find the port for a given device in
+                        /proc/tty/driver/serial:
+                                2: uart:ST16650V2 port:00001008 irq:18 ...
 
                         Interaction with the standard serial driver is not
                         very good.
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
index e015a83c3996..e9e8ddbbf376 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -91,20 +91,6 @@ APICs
                  apicmaintimer. Useful when your PIT timer is totally
                  broken.
 
-Early Console
-
-   syntax: earlyprintk=vga
-           earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]]
-
-   The early console is useful when the kernel crashes before the
-   normal console is initialized. It is not enabled by
-   default because it has some cosmetic problems.
-   Append ,keep to not disable it when the real console takes over.
-   Only vga or serial at a time, not both.
-   Currently only ttyS0 and ttyS1 are supported.
-   Interaction with the standard serial driver is not very good.
-   The VGA output is eventually overwritten by the real console.
-
 Timing
 
   notsc
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_nb.c b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_nb.c
index aadf3359e2a7..3684129be947 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_nb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_nb.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const struct pci_device_id amd_nb_misc_ids[] = {
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(amd_nb_misc_ids);
 
-static struct pci_device_id amd_nb_link_ids[] = {
+static const struct pci_device_id amd_nb_link_ids[] = {
         { PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_AMD, PCI_DEVICE_ID_AMD_15H_NB_F4) },
         {}
 };
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_knc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_knc.c
index 4b7731bf23a8..838fa8772c62 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_knc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_knc.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ static const u64 knc_perfmon_event_map[] =
   [PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_MISSES]         = 0x002b,
 };
 
-static __initconst u64 knc_hw_cache_event_ids
+static const u64 __initconst knc_hw_cache_event_ids
                                 [PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX]
                                 [PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX]
                                 [PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX] =
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static struct attribute *intel_knc_formats_attr[] = {
         NULL,
 };
 
-static __initconst struct x86_pmu knc_pmu = {
+static const struct x86_pmu knc_pmu __initconst = {
         .name                   = "knc",
         .handle_irq             = knc_pmu_handle_irq,
         .disable_all            = knc_pmu_disable_all,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p6.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p6.c
index 4820c232a0b9..b1e2fe115323 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p6.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p6.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static const u64 p6_perfmon_event_map[] =
 
 };
 
-static u64 p6_hw_cache_event_ids
+static const u64 __initconst p6_hw_cache_event_ids
                                 [PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX]
                                 [PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX]
                                 [PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX] =