When configured with CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_OPAL=y the kernel expects
the OPAL entry and base addresses to be passed in r8 and r9
respectively. Currently the wrapper does not attempt to restore these
values before entering the decompressed kernel which causes the kernel
to branch into whatever happens to be in r9 when doing a write to the
OPAL console in early boot.
This patch adds a platform_ops hook that can be used to branch into the
new kernel. The OPAL console driver patches this at runtime so that if
the console is used it will be restored just prior to entering the
kernel.
Fixes: 656ad58ef1 ("powerpc/boot: Add OPAL console to epapr wrappers")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.8+
Signed-off-by: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
This patch adds an OPAL console backend to the powerpc boot wrapper so
that decompression failures inside the wrapper can be reported to the
user. This is important since it typically indicates data corruption in
the firmware and other nasty things.
Currently this only works when building a little endian kernel. When
compiling a 64 bit BE kernel the wrapper is always build 32 bit to be
compatible with some 32 bit firmwares. BE support will be added at a
later date. Another limitation of this is that only the "raw" type of
OPAL console is supported, however machines that provide a hvsi console
also provide a raw console so this is not an issue in practice.
Actually-written-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@gmail.com>
[mpe: Move #ifdef __powerpc64__ to avoid warnings on 32-bit]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Oliver O'Halloran