[POWERPC] iseries: A new iSeries console

This driver uses the hvc_console.c infrastructure that is used by the
pSeries virtual and RTAS consoles.  This will allow us to make viocons.c
obsolete and is another step along the way to a combined kernel (as
viocons could not coexist with CONFIG_VT).

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/Kconfig
index 3d957a30c8c2..887b68804e6d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/Kconfig
@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@ menu "iSeries device drivers"
         depends on PPC_ISERIES
 
 config VIOCONS
-        tristate "iSeries Virtual Console Support"
+        tristate "iSeries Virtual Console Support (Obsolete)"
+        help
+          This is the old virtual console driver for legacy iSeries.
+          You should use the iSeries Hypervisor Virtual Console
+          support instead.
 
 config VIODASD
         tristate "iSeries Virtual I/O disk support"
         help
           If you are running on an iSeries system and you want to use
-          virtual disks created and managed by OS/400, say Y.
+          virtual disks created and managed by OS/400, say Y.
 
 config VIOCD
         tristate "iSeries Virtual I/O CD support"
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/dt.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/dt.c
index d194140c1ebf..894b534669d0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/dt.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/dt.c
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@ static void __init dt_vdevices(struct iseries_flat_dt *dt)
         dt_prop_u32(dt, "#address-cells", 1);
         dt_prop_u32(dt, "#size-cells", 0);
 
-        dt_do_vdevice(dt, "vty", reg, -1, device_type_serial, NULL, 1);
+        dt_do_vdevice(dt, "vty", reg, -1, device_type_serial,
+                        "IBM,iSeries-vty", 1);
         reg++;
 
         dt_do_vdevice(dt, "v-scsi", reg, -1, device_type_vscsi,