[PATCH] powerpc: hvc_console updates

These are some updates from both Ryan and Arnd for the hvc_console
driver:

The main point is to enable the inclusion of a console driver
for rtas, which is currrently needed for the cell platform.

Also shuffle around some data-type declarations and moves some
functions out of include/asm-ppc64/hvconsole.h and into a new
drivers/char/hvc_console.h file.

Signed-off-by: "Ryan S. Arnold" <rsa@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <abergman@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvconsole.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvconsole.c
index 138e128a3886..ba6befd96636 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvconsole.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvconsole.c
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ int hvc_put_chars(uint32_t vtermno, const char *buf, int count)
         unsigned long *lbuf = (unsigned long *) buf;
         long ret;
 
+
+        /* hcall will ret H_PARAMETER if 'count' exceeds firmware max.*/
+        if (count > MAX_VIO_PUT_CHARS)
+                count = MAX_VIO_PUT_CHARS;
+
         ret = plpar_hcall_norets(H_PUT_TERM_CHAR, vtermno, count, lbuf[0],
                                  lbuf[1]);
         if (ret == H_Success)