[POWERPC] ps3: Add vuart support

Adds support for the PS3 virtual UART (vuart). The vuart provides a bi-directional byte stream data link between logical partitions. This is needed for the ps3 graphics driver and the ps3 power control support to be able to communicate with the lv1 policy module. Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
git-mirror · Dec 11, 2006 · 74e95d5 · 74e95d5
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ps3_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ps3_defconfig
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ CONFIG_SPU_BASE=y
 CONFIG_PS3_HTAB_SIZE=20
 CONFIG_PS3_DYNAMIC_DMA=y
 CONFIG_PS3_USE_LPAR_ADDR=y
+CONFIG_PS3_VUART=y
 
 #
 # Kernel options

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig
@@ -40,4 +40,15 @@ config PS3_USE_LPAR_ADDR
 
 	  If you have any doubt, choose the default y.
 
+config PS3_VUART
+	depends on PPC_PS3
+	bool "PS3 Virtual UART support"
+	default y
+	help
+	  Include support for the PS3 Virtual UART.
+
+	  This support is required for several system services
+	  including the System Manager and AV Settings.  In
+	  general, all users will say Y.
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/drivers/ps3/Makefile b/drivers/ps3/Makefile
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 obj-y += system-bus.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PS3_VUART) += vuart.o
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		obj-y += system-bus.o
		obj-$(CONFIG_PS3_VUART) += vuart.o