Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] serial: earlycon: add uart_clk_freq parameter

On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 12:40:21AM +0000, Markus Probst wrote:
> Add function `setup_earlycon_with_uartclk`. This allows the
> options string to be reused with `add_preferred_console`, while still
> allowing to set the uart clock frequency. This will be used in the
> following commit ("ACPI: SPCR: Support UART clock frequency field").
> 
> No logical change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Probst <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
>  include/linux/serial_core.h   | 11 +++++++++--
>  2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c b/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c
> index ab9af37f6cda..5a20fe9e3fb6 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c
> @@ -135,11 +135,14 @@ static int __init parse_options(struct earlycon_device *device, char *options)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static int __init register_earlycon(char *buf, const struct earlycon_id *match)
> +static int __init register_earlycon(char *buf, unsigned int uart_clk_freq,
> +				    const struct earlycon_id *match)
>  {
>  	int err;
>  	struct uart_port *port = &early_console_dev.port;
>  
> +	port->uartclk = uart_clk_freq;

This looks like a logical change, the code today does not do that
anywhere, right?

thanks,

greg k-h